User Identification
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
The process, control, or information by which a user identifies himself or herself to the system as a valid user (as opposed to authentication).
MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
Senses
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
Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
Pii70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- User Identifications
- possessive
- User Identification's
- pluralpossessive
- User Identifications'