authentication mechanism
nounid
1595·updated May 9, 2026verified
Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
polysemousMWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.05.03 ¶ 203.05.04 ¶ 103.05.07.f ¶ 103.05.11 ¶ 2
Classifications
Entity Type
Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- authentication mechanisms
- possessive
- authentication mechanism's
- pluralpossessive
- authentication mechanisms'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 4 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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