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authentication mechanism

nounid 1595·updated May 9, 2026
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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 Systems4 citations · 4 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
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

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§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.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
NIST SP 800-721 senseview framework →
§1
Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
NIST SP 800-1241 senseview framework →
§1
Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§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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