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Integrity protection

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Integrity authentication

Definitions:

  A physical or cryptographic means of providing assurance that information has not been altered in an unauthorized manner since it was created, transmitted, or stored.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-152

  The process of providing assurance that data has not been modified since a message authentication code or digital signature was created for that data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Integrity authentication

  The process of obtaining assurance that data has not been modified since an authentication code or digital signature was created for that data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Integrity authentication

  The protection obtained for transmitted or stored data using an authentication code (e.g., MAC) or digital signature computed on that data. See Integrity authentication.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5