Biometric Authentication
nounid
20107·updated May 18, 2026verified
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.05.12.f ¶ 1
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- biometric identification
- plural
- Biometric Authentications
- possessive
- Biometric Authentication's
- pluralpossessive
- Biometric Authentications'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
- §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.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristicsDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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