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A name assigned through a formal process by a federal department or agency to a federal employee for the purpose of the employee’s protection (i.e., the employee might be placed at risk if their actual name were known) or for other purposes.
Source(s):
FIPS 201-3
under Pseudonym
A name other than a legal name.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-3
under Pseudonym
personal identifier that is different from the normally used personal identifier.
Source(s):
NISTIR 8053
from
ISO/TS 25237:2008
1. A subscriber name that has been chosen by the subscriber that is not verified as meaningful by identity proofing.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015
[Superseded]
2. An assigned identity that is used to protect an individual’s true identity.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015
[Superseded]
A false name.
In this document, all unverified names are assumed to be pseudonyms.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-2
[Superseded]
under Pseudonym