What is Authentication

The verification of the identity of the source of information. Learn more in: A Formal Verification Centred Development Process for Security Protocols

Validating the identity of a subject. Proving that a subject is actually who they claim to be. Learn more in: The Different Aspects of Information Security Education

The process of determining whether or not a user is who they claim to be. Learn more in: Pervasive Cyberinfrastructure for Personalized Education

Act of verifying identity of an entity. Learn more in: Towards Privacy Awareness in Future Internet Technologies

Authentication is to prove as genuine. Learn more in: Identity Management for Wireless Service Access

The process of ensuring that an individual is one who he or she claims to be. Learn more in: Agent-Facilitated Virtual Marketplace for Airline Ticketing

Is used by a client to verify that the server is what it purports to be. Learn more in: Introduction to Quantum-Resistant Blockchain

A process in which the credentials provided are compared to those on file in a database of authorized users’ information on a local operating system or within an authentication server. If the credentials match, the process is completed, and the user is granted authorization for access. The permissions and folders returned define both the environment the user sees and the way he can interact with it, including hours of access and other rights such as the amount of allocated storage space. Learn more in: Real-Time ECG-Based Biometric Authentication System

Authentication is required to make sure communicating parties are the ones who they claim to be. Learn more in: Security Measures for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs)

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The act of proving or verifying that, for example, a system is who it says it is. Learn more in: A Survey on Attacks and Defences on LoRaWAN Gateways

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Verifying the identity of the user. There are three main approaches to user authentication: knowledge-based, possession-based and biometrics-based. Learn more in: Authentication Practices from Passwords to Biometrics

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Verification of the identity of a user or network node who claims to be legitimate. Learn more in: Evaluation of Security Architectures for Mobile Broadband Access

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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 (Harris, 2002 AU11: The in-text citation "Harris, 2002" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Argument for Improved Security in Local Governments Within the Economic Community of West African States

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Procedure that verifies the digital identity of participants in communication. It guaranties that the users are exactly who they say they are. Learn more in: Internet and E-Business Security

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The process of ensuring that an individual is one who he or she claims to be. Learn more in: A Virtual Community for Mobile Agents

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Authentication means that a user who is requesting services is a valid user of the network services requested. Learn more in: Telecommunication Management Protocols

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Proof of identity. Learn more in: Security Aspects in Radio Frequency Identification Networks

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Provides transaction quality of being authoritative, valid, true, genuine, and worthy of acceptance or belief by reason of conformity to the fact that reality is present in Web services. Learn more in: A Case Study in the Role of Trust in Web Service Securities

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In the context of this chapter, authentication refers to the process of establishing that a usually remote entity is who or what they claim to be (cf. (Chokhani, S., et al, 2003), section 2.) Authentication of an entity to a verifier usually involves the presentation of an identity token, along with a verification by the verifier of the validity of the token, as well as a check that the entity is the one named in the token. A real-life example is presenting a passport to an immigration official, who will check that it is a valid passport and compare the picture with the person presenting the passport. Cf. identification, below. Learn more in: Security and Trust in a Global Research Infrastructure

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The process of ensuring that the individual is who he or she claims to be, and says nothing about the access rights of the individual. Learn more in: Biometric Authentication for Cloud Computing

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A set of procedures for identifying individuals or groups and check their data or system access rights. Learn more in: Cybersecurity of Industrial Internet of Things

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The process of verifying that a person or resource accessing your system is actually how they claim to be. Learn more in: Guarding Corporate Data from Social Engineering Attacks

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The process of ensuring that an individual is who he or she claims to be. Learn more in: Mobile Agent Authentication and Authorization

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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 (Harris, 2002 AU28: The in-text citation "Harris, 2002" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Understanding the Methods behind Cyber Terrorism

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The act of proving identity of a computer system user. Actually, this is a process of verifying that user (person, computer etc.) is what it claims to be. This process can be based on something the user knows (password, personal identification number – PIN, etc.), something the user has (ID card, security token, etc.) or something the user is (fingerprint, retinal pattern, signature, voice, face, etc). Learn more in: Application of Cloud Computing in Electric Power Utility Systems: Advantages and Risks

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It is the process where an entity must prove digitally that it is the entity that it claims to be. Learn more in: Digital Identity in Current Networks

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The procedure of determining whether someone or something is who or what they declare to be. In small business networks authentication is commonly done through the use of passwords and digital certificates (Butcher-Powell, 2005). Learn more in: Status and Future Trends of Multimedia Interactivity on the Web

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A method of proving someone’s identity, especially if that someone is an authorized user of processes or resources. Learn more in: Secure Routing with Reputation in MANET

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The acceptance or the rejection of the identity given by a person. Learn more in: Exploring New Handwriting Parameters for Writer Identification

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The process of verifying the identity alleged by a user that tries to gain access to a system. Learn more in: Behavioral Based Technologies for Enhancement of Login/Password Systems

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The verifying of identity or information. Learn more in: Staying Legal and Ethical in Global E-Learning Course and Training Developments: An Exploration

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Authentication is the service of assuring the identity of a person or device. It assures the recipient that the message or data it receives is from the source it claims to be. Learn more in: Implementing Information Security Using Multimodal Biometrics

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It is the process to identify if the claim made is valid or not. Learn more in: Artificial Intelligence-Based Behavioral Biometrics

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An option providing a way of identifying a user, typically by having the user enter a valid user-name and valid password before access is granted. The process of authentication is based on each user having a unique set of criteria for gaining access. Learn more in: Developing Content Delivery Networks

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The process of ensuring that an individual is who he or she claims to be. Learn more in: Mobile Agent Authentication and Authorization in E-Commerce

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Establishes the users as who they claim they are. Learn more in: Knowledge Management and Information Technology Security Services

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Is the process of verifying a claim of identity. Three different types of information can be used for authentication: something you know (a PIN, a password, mother's maiden name), something you have (magnetic swipe card) or something you are (biometrics). Learn more in: Designing an Effective Information Security Policy for Public Organizations: ISO 27001 as a Success Framework

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A way to confirm the truth of any attribute associated with any data or information that has been claimed as true by an entity. Learn more in: Security in Ad Hoc Network and Computing Paradigms

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The action of verifying information such as identity, ownership, or authorization. Learn more in: Biometrics

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Proof of identity. Learn more in: Mobile Payment

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Verifying user’s assertion of its identification through credentials. Learn more in: How Private Is Your Financial Data?: Survey of Authentication Methods in Web and Mobile Banking

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The process of verifying a claim of identity. Three different types of information can be used for authentication: something you know (a PIN, a password, mother's maiden name), something you have (magnetic swipe card) or something you are (biometrics). Learn more in: Information Security Policy in Large Public Organizations: A Case Study Through ISO 27002

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The process of recognizing a user's identity. Learn more in: Applications of Keystroke Dynamics Biometrics in Online Learning Environments: A Selective Study

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It refers to any mechanisms by which a system allows or denials the access to the data and keep them stored at cloud sites that accessible only by users who own the data. Learn more in: A New Approach in Cloud Computing User Authentication

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Authentication is the action of confirming that a user who is requesting services is a valid user of the network services requested. Learn more in: Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Framework in Network Mobility (NEMO) Environments

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The process through which an Internet merchant can be established via a trusted third party that guarantees that the merchant is indeed whom he is. Learn more in: Security Policy Issues in Internet Banking in Malaysia

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Authentication is the decision process where a biometric is sampled from a person with an identity claim and the sampled biometric is compared to a biometric template stored previously for this person to validate the identity claim. Learn more in: Machine Learning for Biometrics

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Establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic , that is, that claims made by or about the subject are true. Learn more in: Extending the Scope of eID Technology: Threats and Opportunities in a Commercial Setting

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Any process by which a system verifies the identity of a User who wishes to access it. Since Access Control is normally based on the identity of the User who requests access to a resource. Learn more in: Authentication Model for Enterprise Resource Planning Network

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Authentication is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic, that is, that claims made by or about the thing are true. Learn more in: Spatial Authentication Using Cell Phones

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It is the process of verifying the identity alleged by a user who tries to gain access to a system. Learn more in: Keystroke Dynamics and Graphical Authentication Systems

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To ensure that the users are they who are claimed to be. It identifies and assures the origin of information. Learn more in: A Comparative Study on DNA-Based Cryptosystem

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Authentication is the process of identifying an individual, usually based on a user name and password. In security systems, authentication is distinct from authorization, which is the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity. Authentication merely ensures that the individual is who he or she claims to be, but says nothing about the access rights of the individual. Learn more in: Implementing a Sound Public Information Security Program

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Verifying and confirming the identity of a grid user. Learn more in: SHARE: A European Healthgrid Roadmap

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Represents the process of identifying a user within a computer system, software, or web application. Learn more in: CSAP: Cyber Security Asynchronous Programming With C++20 and C# 8 for Internet of Things and Embedded Software Systems

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The mechanism of checking the originality of a digital content. An alteration made into the digital media is treated as the violation of authenticity. Learn more in: Genetic-Algorithm-Based Optimization of Fragile Watermarking in Discrete Hartley Transform Domain

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Validating the identity of a user requiring access to a resource, often achieved in the grid community through the public key infrastructure. Learn more in: Grid Computing for Social Science

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This process involves the validation of the user’s identity before granting network access. The unique characteristics attributed to the user such as their biometric data like iris scans or fingerprints or secret key parsed by the IAAA server and compared to user associated information in the database. Learn more in: Self-Analysis Technology, Roles, and Cybersecurity in the Virtual Learning Environments

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Confirmation of a claim of identity e-Authentication: Authentication carried out electronically Learn more in: Trends in Government e-Authentication: Policy and Practice

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The act of ensuring that an object or entity is what it is intended to be. Learn more in: Virtual Private Networks

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A process of identifying secure users in a network. Learn more in: Development of a University Networking Project

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A method to verify and ensure that users are who they say they are – that the user who attempts to get access to networks or functions is in fact the user who is authorized to do so. Learn more in: Ubiquitous Communication Via Residential Gateways

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Authentication is the property that something (authentication of data) or someone (authentication of entity) can prove what or who it is declared to be. Learn more in: Secure Techniques for Remote Reconfiguration of Wireless Embedded Systems

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Authentication is the corroboration of a claimed set of attributes or facts with a specified, or understood, level of confidence. Learn more in: An Interoperable Cross-Context Architecture to Manage Distributed Personal E-Health Information

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It is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a single piece of data claimed true by an entity. It is a process in which the credentials (e.g. username and password) provided are compared to those in a database of authorized users' information on a local operating system or within an authentication server. If the credentials match, the process is completed and the user is granted authorization for access. Learn more in: Application of Face Recognition Techniques in Video for Biometric Security: A Review of Basic Methods and Emerging Trends

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The service used to establish the identity of one device as a member of the set of devices authorized to communicate securely to other devices in the set. Learn more in: Comparing ZigBee, Bluetooth, UWB, and Wi-Fi

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is the function of specifying access rights to resources related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular. Learn more in: Security Issues in Cloud Computing

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Specifies whether user or a node is genuine or not. Learn more in: Security Challenges in Fog Computing

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Authentication is a security goal and refers to the verification of a real or digital identity of a person, an electronic node, or device. In the context of protocols, this refers to the verification of a message sender’s or protocol participant’s identity. Learn more in: Formal Analysis and Design of Authentication Protocols

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In computing the procedure or activity of confirming the identity of a client or process. Learn more in: IoT Security: To Secure IoT Devices With Two-Factor Authentication by Using a Secure Protocol

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It is the process of recognizing a user’s identity which verifying the identity of user or information. Learn more in: IoT-Enabled 5G Networks for Secure Communication

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The processes of verifying the identity of an entity if it is indeed the entity it declares to be. Learn more in: Security in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

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It is a process of verifying a user’s identity. In simple mechanism, this involves using a username and password to prove one identity. In complex system, certificates, images can be used to prove one's identity. Learn more in: Security for Cross-Tenant Access Control in Cloud Computing

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Authentication is the attempt to verify the digital identity of the sender of an authentication request. Learn more in: Generic Application Security in Current and Future Networks

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Verifying the identity of the user. There are three main approaches to user authentication: knowledge-based, possession-based, and biometric-based. Learn more in: Authentication Methods for Computer Systems Security

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This is the act of establishing or confirming something is authentic or true. Learn more in: Mobility for Secure Multi-Factor "Out of Band" Authentication

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Verifying user’s assertion of its identification through credentials. Learn more in: Identity Management Systems: Models, Standards, and COTS Offerings

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The process of determining whether someone or something, is who or what it declares itself to be. Learn more in: Research Information Management Systems: A Comparative Study

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The act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a single piece of data (datum) or entity. Learn more in: Access Control Framework for Cloud Computing

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A process for knowing if someone who he is declared to be. Learn more in: Security of Internet-, Intranet-, and Computer-Based Examinations in Terms of Technical, Authentication, and Environmental, Where Are We?

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Authentication aims to test and ensure, with a certain probability, that particular data are authentic, i.e., they have not been changed. Learn more in: Big Data Security: Challenges, Recommendations and Solutions

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It is a method to identify cardholder and merchant before payment. Authentication is the mechanism in which the system will identify the cardholder or merchant, “Is that really you?” Learn more in: Road Map to Information Security Management

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refers to verifying the identity of a particular user. Learn more in: Security of Identity-Based Encryption Algorithms

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Authentication is the process by which an entity provides its identity to another party, for example, by showing photo ID to a bank teller or entering a password on a computer system. Learn more in: Identity Management

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A security procedure designed to verify that the authorization code entered by a user to gain access to a network or system is valid. Learn more in: Organizational Password Policy

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The act of establishing or confirming something or someone as authentic. In the security domain this might for example involve electronically confirming the identity of a person wishing to access a given software or hardware resource. Authentication can be achieved in many ways, e.g. usernames/passwords, certificate based systems etc. Learn more in: e-Infrastructures Fostering Multi-Center Collaborative Research into the Intensive Care Management of Patients with Brain Injury

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Proving that a party is who he/she claims to be. Learn more in: Security and Privacy in Distance Education

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Verification of the identity of a user or network node who claims to be legitimate. Learn more in: Secure Routing and Mobility in Future IP Networks

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The process by which a system can provably verify the identity of a resource such as an individual, a system, an application, and so forth. Learn more in: An Overview of Privilege Management Infrastructure (PMI)

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Authentication is the method and procedure to identify the users who try to get into the network. The authentication procedure can include physical and software based identification means and nowadays is strictly based on the protocols that define all details. Encryption: Encryption is a method to hide the clear text of the user data from misuse. There are several methods of encoding the original text and nowadays the method of encrypting is dynamically changed all the time during the transmission. Learn more in: Modelling Wireless Local Area Networking in Higher Education Institutes

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Is a process of proving the identity of a previously registered end user. Learn more in: Digital Identity Management in Cloud

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It is the situation in which it can be verified that a document has been prepared or that it belongs to whom the document claims to belong. Authentication occurs when the user can provide some way to verify that said person is who he claims to be; from that moment he is considered an authorized user. Learn more in: Social Research Methods in Cybersecurity: From Criminology to Industrial Cybersecurity

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The process or action of verifying the identity of a user or process, e.g. verification based on username and password credentials. Learn more in: Internet of Things Application for Intelligent Cities: Security Risk Assessment Challenges

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Authentication is the process of attempting to verify the digital identity of the sender of a communication such as a request to log in. The sender being authenticated may be a person using a computer, a computer itself, or a computer program. Learn more in: Trustworthy Networks, Authentication, Privacy, and Security Models

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It’s the process of verifying the identity alleged by a user that tries to gain access to a system. Learn more in: Using Technology to Overcome the Password's Contradiction

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The process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be before accessing or using a computer system. Learn more in: Security Challenges for Cloud Computing Development Framework in Saudi Arabia

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Permission to access something, which is confidential. The authentication is only provided to authentic users. Learn more in: An IBE-Based Authenticated Key Transfer Protocol on Elliptic Curves

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The process of verifying that someone is who he/she claims to be. Learn more in: Security Issues of Smartphones Regarding M-Commerce

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Is needed in order to be sure about the identity of the sender or receiver of a message. The attack is called masquerading, that is pretending to be somebody else. Learn more in: Emerging Security Issues in VANETS for E-Business

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Process of checking the identity of a person or a device. Learn more in: Threats and Vulnerabilities of Mobile Applications

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The act of establishing or confirming that someone or something is authentic, that claims made by or about the subject are true. Learn more in: Fundamental Building Blocks for Security Interoperability in e-Business

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A process for verifying the digital identity of users or processes. Learn more in: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

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Protection measures and methods of insuring only authorized entities access information. This is linked to concepts such as need-to-know. Authentication suggests control of communication channels and access to information internally and externally as a security service. Learn more in: Information Assurance and Security Curriculum Meeting the SIGITE Guidelines

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