Mutual Authentication
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The process of both entities involved in a transaction verifying each other. See bidirectional authentication .
MWENIST SP 800-172r3
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Process100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Mutual Authentications
- possessive
- Mutual Authentication's
- pluralpossessive
- Mutual Authentications'