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bidirectional authentication

nounid 163399·updated Aug 30, 2026
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Two parties authenticating each other at the same time. Also known as mutual authentication or two-way authentication.

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NIST Special Publication 800 NIST SP 800-172r3 Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information
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NIST
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Appendix B. Glossary
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Process100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

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Framework definitions

NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Two parties authenticating each other at the same time. Also known as mutual authentication or two-way authentication.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Two parties authenticating each other at the same time. Also known as mutual authentication or two-way authentication.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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