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Mutual Authentication

nounid 3315·updated May 9, 2026
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Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Mutual Authentications
possessive
Mutual Authentication's
pluralpossessive
Mutual Authentications'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
§1
Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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