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Cryptographic Token

nounid 2115·updated May 9, 2026
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A portable, user-controlled physical device (e.g., smart card or PCMCIA card) used to store cryptographic information and possibly also perform cryptographic functions.

polysemousMWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Cryptographic Tokens
possessive
Cryptographic Token's
pluralpossessive
Cryptographic Tokens'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
A token where the secret is a cryptographic key.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
A portable, user-controlled physical device (e.g., smart card or PCMCIA card) used to store cryptographic information and possibly also perform cryptographic functions.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A portable, user-controlled physical device (e.g., smart card or PCMCIA card) used to store cryptographic information and possibly also perform cryptographic functions.
NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →
§1
A token where the secret is a cryptographic key.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A portable, user-controlled physical device (e.g., smart card or PCMCIA card) used to store cryptographic information and possibly also perform cryptographic functions.
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