Source authentication

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004014",
  "term": "Source authentication",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A process that provides assurance of the source of information.\n\n2. The process of providing assurance about the source of information. Sometimes called identity authentication or origin authentication.\n\n3. The process of providing assurance about the source of information. Sometimes called origin authentication. Compare with Entity authentication.\n\n4. The process of providing assurance about the source of information; sometimes called data-origin authentication. Compare with Identity authentication.\n\n5. The process of providing assurance about the source of information. Sometimes called origin authentication. Compare with Identity authentication.",
  "see_also": [
    "Entity authentication"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-152",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1",
    "NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5; NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/source-authentication/"
}