Identification

nounid 2763·updated May 9, 2026

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An act or process that presents an identifier to a system so that the system can recognize a system entity (e.g., user, process, or device) and distinguish that entity from all others.

polysemous

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Process85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: ID
plural: Identifications
possessive: Identification's
pluralpossessive: Identifications'

Framework definitions

12 senses across 10 frameworks

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →

§1: The process or act of establishing who or what someone or something is.

NERC CIP-002-5.1a (BES Cyber System Categorization) v5.1a1 senseview framework →

§1: The purpose of this task is to present an identifier to a system so the system can verify the identity of a user, process, or device and distinguish them from all others.

NERC CIP-004-6 (Personnel & Training) v61 senseview framework →

§1: The process or act of establishing who or what someone or something is.

NERC CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls) v61 senseview framework →

§1: The process or act of establishing who or what someone or something is.

NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →

§1: The process or act of establishing who or what someone or something is.

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures1 senseview framework →

§1: To develop the organisational understanding required to manage cyber risk to systems, assets, data and capabilities.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →

§1: The process of verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, usually as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: The process of discovering the true identity (i.e., origin, initial history) of a person or item from the entire collection of similar persons or items.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review: An act or process that presents an identifier to a system so that the system can recognize a system entity (e.g., user, process, or device) and distinguish that entity from all others.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: An act or process that presents an identifier to a system so that the system can recognize a system entity (e.g., user, process, or device) and distinguish that entity from all others.

FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →

§1: The process of discovering the true identity (i.e., origin, initial history) of a person or item from the entire collection of similar persons or items.

NIST SP 800-471 senseview framework →

§1: The process of verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, usually as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.

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