Mutual Authentication
nounid
3315·updated May 9, 2026verified
The process of both entities involved in a transaction verifying each other. See bidirectional authentication .
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.01.16.d ¶ 1
Classifications
Entity Type
Process100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Mutual Authentications
- possessive
- Mutual Authentication's
- pluralpossessive
- Mutual Authentications'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.
- §1
- Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.
- §1 · glossary
- The process of both entities involved in a transaction verifying each other. See bidirectional authentication .Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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