Identification and Authentication
nounid
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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 Systems
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
- §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.
- §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.
- §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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