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Authentication Token

nounid 1602·updated May 9, 2026
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Authentication information conveyed during an authentication exchange.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.09.02.b.2 ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Credential90%rule-basedr:entity.credential.token.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Authentication Tokens
possessive
Authentication Token's
pluralpossessive
Authentication Tokens'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Authentication information conveyed during an authentication exchange.
FIPS PUB 1961 senseview framework →
§1
Authentication information conveyed during an authentication exchange.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_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.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Authentication information conveyed during an authentication exchange.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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