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    authentication
    /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn/

    noun

    • 1. the process or action of proving or showing something to be true, genuine, or valid: "the prints will be stamped with his seal and accompanied by a letter of authentication"

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  2. Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is who or what they say they are. Authentication technology provides access control for systems by checking to see if a user's credentials match the credentials in a database of authorized users or a data authentication server.

  3. Authentication is the process that companies use to confirm that only the right people, services, and apps with the right permissions can get organizational resources. It’s an important part of cybersecurity because a bad actor’s number one priority is to gain unauthorized access to systems.

  4. AUTHENTICATION definition: 1. the process of proving that something is real, true, or what people say it is: 2. the process…. Learn more.

  5. Authentication is more than a definition when it comes to identity. Learn about all the ways authentication is used as the core of securing your business.

  6. : an act, process, or method of showing something (such as an identity, a piece of art, or a financial transaction) to be real, true, or genuine : the act or process of authenticating something. Historically, the authentication of art fell to connoisseurs … Colette Bancroft.

  7. In cyber security, authentication is the process of verifying someone's or something's identity. Authentication usually takes place by checking a password, a hardware token, or some other piece of information that proves identity.

  8. Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός authentikos, "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης authentes, "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity. [1] .