Information used to verify an identity claimed by or for an entity. (See: authentication, credential, user. Compare: identification information.)
Information used to verify an identity claimed by or for an entity. (See: authentication, credential, user. Compare: identification information.)
Tutorial: Authentication information may exist as, or be derived from, one of the following: (a) Something the entity knows (see: password); (b) something the entity possesses (see: token); (c) something the entity is (see: biometric authentication).