attribute validation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000297",
  "term": "attribute validation",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Confirmation (through the provision of strong, sound, and objective evidence and demonstration) that requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled and that the system, while in use, fulfills its mission or business objectives while being able to provide adequate protection for stakeholder and mission or business assets, minimize or contain asset loss and associated consequences, and achieve its intended use in its intended operational environment with the desired level of trustworthiness.\n\n2. The process of evaluating a system or component during or at the end of the development process to determine whether it satisfies specified requirements (INCOSE).\n\n3. The process or act of confirming that a set of attributes are accurate and associated with a real-life identity.\n\n4. The process or act of checking and confirming that the evidence and attributes supplied by an applicant are authentic, accurate, and associated with a real-life identity.\n\n5. An activity that measures that a stakeholder's true needs and expectations are met.\n\n6. Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that the requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled.",
  "abbreviation": "validation",
  "see_also": [
    "validation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 8401 from NIST SP 800-160v1r1 (adapted); NIST IR 8323r1 from NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 1 ((§3.4.11), adapted)",
    "NIST CSWP 31",
    "NIST SP 800-63-4; NIST SP 800-63A-4",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015; CNSSI 4009-2022 from ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2017 (adapted)",
    "NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 1 from ISO 9000; NIST SP 800-161r1-upd1 [11/1/2024 errata update] from ISO 9000:2015; NIST SP 800-160v1r1 from ISO 9000:2015",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/attribute-validation/"
}