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Authenticator Assurance Level (AAL)

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000336

1. A measure of the strength of an authentication mechanism and, therefore, the confidence in it, as defined in [NIST SP 800-63-3] in terms of three levels: AAL1 (Some confidence), AAL2 (High confidence), AAL3 (Very high confidence).

2. A category describing the strength of the authentication process.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000336
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationAAL
ReferencesFIPS 201-3; NIST SP 1800-17b; NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000336",
  "term": "Authenticator Assurance Level (AAL)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A measure of the strength of an authentication mechanism and, therefore, the confidence in it, as defined in [NIST SP 800-63-3] in terms of three levels: AAL1 (Some confidence), AAL2 (High confidence), AAL3 (Very high confidence).\n\n2. A category describing the strength of the authentication process.",
  "abbreviation": "AAL",
  "references": [
    "FIPS 201-3",
    "NIST SP 1800-17b; NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/authenticator-assurance-level-aal/"
}

Record 336 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.