authentication

Verifying the identity of a user who is logging on to a computer system or verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. The process for verifying that an entity or object is who or what it claims to be. Examples include confirming the source and integrity of information, such as verifying a digital signature or verifying the identity of a user or computer.

The process of validating the credentials of a person, computer process, or device. Authentication requires that the person, process, or device making the request provide a credential that proves it is what or who it says it is. Common forms of credentials are digital signatures, smart cards, biometric data, and a combination of user names and passwords.

In computer security, a process that ensures that the identities of both the sender and the receiver of a network transaction are true.

The process for verifying that an entity or object is who or what it claims to be. Examples include confirming the source and integrity of information, such as verifying a digital signature or verifying the identity of a user or computer. [Exchange 2003]

The process for verifying that an entity or object is who or what it claims to be. Examples include confirming the source and integrity of information, such as verifying a digital signature or verifying the identity of a user or computer. [Exchange 2007]

Validation of a user's Windows NT Server logon information. See also trust relationship. [Exchange 5.5]

The process of proving your identity to a system.

The process by which an entity proves to another entity that it is acting on behalf of a specific identity.

process of verifying that a record is what it purports to be

A security measure designed to verify an individual’s authorization to access computer or security information.

Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.

The process of establishing confidence in the truth of some claim. The claim could be any declarative statement for example: "This individual's name is 'Joseph K.'" or "This child is more than 5 feet tall."

The process of verifying the identity of a user who is logging in to a computer system.

1. [Any] Security measure designed to establish the validity of a transmission, message, or originator, or a means of verifying an individual's authorization to receive specific categories of information. [INFOSEC-99] [After JP 1-02] 2. A security measure designed to protect a communications system against acceptance of a fraudulent transmission or simulation by establishing the validity of a transmission, message, or originator. [JP 1-02] 3. Evidence by proper signature or seal that a document is genuine and official. [JP 1-02] 4. The verification of a claimed identity. Example: By the use of a password [CESG]. 5. The process by which the identity of an entity is established [ECMA138]. 6. See data origin authentication, and peer entity authentication. Note: In this part of 7498 the term "authentication" is not used in connection with data integrity; the term "data integrity" is used instead. The property of knowing that the data received is the same as the data that was sent, and that the claimed sender is in fact the actual sender [7498-2].