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Identification and Authentication

nounid 2764·updated Aug 30, 2026
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The purpose of this function is to verify the identity of an entity through the use of specific credentials as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems6 citations · 6 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.10.b03.01.18.c ¶ 103.03.07.b ¶ 103.05.01.b ¶ 103.05.0203.05.02 ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Identification and Authentications
possessive
Identification and Authentication's
pluralpossessive
Identification and Authentications'

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
The purpose of this function is to verify the identity of an entity through the use of specific credentials as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.
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 6 citations 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
The purpose of this function is to verify the identity of an entity through the use of specific credentials as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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