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Authenticate
  • To verify the identity of a user, device, or other entity in a computer system, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in a system.
  • Prove the identity of someone claiming to be a particular person.
  • To verify the integrity of data that have been stored, transmitted, or otherwise exposed to possible unauthorized modification.
  • To establish the validity of a claimed identity. (CSC-STD-001-83;; NCSC-WA-001-85;)
  • A challenge given by voice or electrical means to attest to the authenticity of a message or transmission. (JP 1-02)