bootstrapping

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000497",
  "term": "bootstrapping",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A subprocess of network-layer onboarding. It introduces just enough information to a device and a network onboarding component to enable them to trust one another and establish a secure channel. The trust established between the device and the network onboarding component through bootstrapping may be either mutual or one-way. The introduction within bootstrapping may be performed as an out-of-band (OOB) process requiring human interaction.",
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 8350",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/bootstrapping/"
}