Verifier

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An entity that verifies the Claimant’s identity by verifying the Claimant’s possession and control of a token using an authentication protocol. To do this, the Verifier may also need to validate credentials that link the token and identity and check their status.

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

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

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An entity which is or represents the entity requiring an authenticated identity. A verifier includes the functions necessary for engaging in authentication exchanges.

Wordset Dictionary

someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Identity85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: voucher
plural: Verifiers
possessive: Verifier's
pluralpossessive: Verifiers'

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