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Electronic Authentication (E-Authentication)

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Digital Authentication

Definitions:

  The process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under electronic authentication (e- authentication)

  The process of establishing confidence in user identities presented digitally to a system. In previous editions of SP 800-63, this was referred to asElectronic Authentication.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-3 under Digital Authentication

  See Digital Authentication.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-3

  The process of establishing confidence in user identities presented digitally to a system. In previous editions of SP 800-63, this was referred to as Electronic Authentication.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-3 under Digital Authentication