Authentication
Tools and techniques for gaining assurance of the identities of people, organizations, and devices. Evaluation of identity assurance measures and authentication procedures. Tools and techniques for reducing the number and diversity of authentications to which a single individual must submit. Passwords; password composition rules. Strong third-party authentication protocols including Kerberos and PKI. Authentication devices, including smartcards, one-time-password tokens, grid cards, one-time-password software, and USB authentication tokens. Biometric authentication systems. Knowledge-based authentication. Identity-based encryption. Multi-band authentication protocols including IP/phone, IP/SMS, and others. Challenge-response authentication. Identity assurance; identity vetting.
- Authentication
- Reduced sign on
- Smart card
- HSPD 12
- One time passwords
- Kerberos
- Privileged accounts
- Service accounts
- Stronger authentication
- Multi-factor authentication
- Converged authentication
This topic relates to the Identity and Privacy coverage area - Identity Infrastructure Planning and building general-purpose infrastructure for managing and applying identity information, and supporting the digital identity lifecycle.
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