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Identification (information security): The technology and act of claiming to have a given identity, such the user ID with which one logs in; it is untrusted until authenticated ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Information security [r]: The set of policies and protective measures used to ensure appropriate confidentiality, integrity and availability to information; usually assumed to be information in a computer or telecommunications network but the principles extend to people and the physical world ^[e]
• Identification, authentication and credentialing [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• User identifier [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Biometrics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Identity theft [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Authentication (information security) [r]: Technologies and procedures used to confirm one's identification to a secure information system ^[e]
• Credentialing (information security) [r]: Mechanisms and processes used to grant privileges, in a secure information system, to an actor who has been identified and authenticated; ideally follows the Principle of Least Privilege ^[e]