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Initiator

nounid 2937·updated May 12, 2026
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The entity that initiates an authentication exchange.

Classifications

Entity Type

Identity0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Initiators
possessive
Initiator's
pluralpossessive
Initiators'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The entity that initiates an authentication exchange.
FIPS PUB 1961 senseview framework →
§1
The entity that initiates an authentication exchange.

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.