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JSON Web Token

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002287

A data exchange format made of a header, payload, and signature where the header and the payload take the form of JSON objects. They are encoded and concatenated with the aggregate being signed to generate a signature.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-002287
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationJWT
ReferencesNISTIR 8301 from RFC 7519 (Adapted); NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002287",
  "term": "JSON Web Token",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A data exchange format made of a header, payload, and signature where the header and the payload take the form of JSON objects. They are encoded and concatenated with the aggregate being signed to generate a signature.",
  "abbreviation": "JWT",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 8301 from RFC 7519 (Adapted)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/json-web-token/"
}

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