Verification

Contexts

IAM

Term

Verification

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Definitions

The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored and associated with the identity being claimed.

Related Terms

Authentication

Quotes

Verification: The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored and associated with the identity being claimed.18

(World Bank Group and GPFI, 2018, p. ix)

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