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Identity Verification

nounid 2777·updated May 12, 2026
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The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card of system and associated with the identity being claimed.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
biometric identification
plural
Identity Verifications
possessive
Identity Verification's
pluralpossessive
Identity Verifications'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card of system and associated with the identity being claimed.
FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →
§1
The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card of system and associated with the identity being claimed.
NIST SP 800-791 senseview framework →
§1
The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card or system and associated with the identity being claimed.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics

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