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Verification

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Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled (e.g., an entity’s requirements have been correctly defined, or an entity’s attributes have been correctly presented; or a procedure or function performs as intended and leads to the expected outcome).

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v2

The process of establishing the truth, accuracy, or validity of something.

Wordset Dictionary

additional proof that something that was believed is correct

Wordset Dictionary

an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

Classifications

Entity Type

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Information Class

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