Editing Authenticity

== Definitions ==

=== General ===

'''Authenticity''' is:

{{Quote|[t]he property of being genuine and being able to be [[verified]] and [[trusted]]; [[confidence]] in the validity of a [[transmission]], a [[message]], or [[message originator]].<ref>[[NIST Special Publication 800-53]].</ref>}}

{{Quote|[t]he property that allows the ability to [[validate]] the claimed [[identity]] of a [[system]] [[entity]].<ref>[[DoD Instruction 5200.40]], at 8 (E2.1.6).</ref>}}

'''Authenticity''' is "[h]aving an undisputed [[identity]] or origin."<ref>[https://www.iad.gov/ioss/department/opsec-glossary-of-terms-10026.cfm OPSEC Glossary of Terms.]</ref>

=== Internet ===

'''Authenticity''' is:

{{Quote|[t]he sense that something or someone is "real." [[Blog]]s enable people to [[publish]] [[content]], and engage in conversations, that show their interests and values, and so help them develop an authentic voice [[online]].<ref>Larry Clavette, et al., ”New Media and the Air Force,” Glossary 1 (U.S. Air Force 2009) ([http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090406-036.pdf full-text])</ref>}}

=== Preservation ===

'''Authenticity''' is "the perfect [[identity]] of a current object with its
original state."<ref>[[Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information]], at 106.</ref>

'''Authenticity''' is

{{Quote|[a] mechanical characteristic of any [[digital object]] that reflects the degree of [[trustworthiness]] in the [[object]], in that the supportive [[metadata]] accompanying the [[object]] makes it clear that the possessed [[object]] is what it purports to be.<ref>[[NDSA Glossary]].</ref>}}

=== Security ===

'''Authenticity''' is:

{{Quote|[a] [[security]] service that provides a [[user]] with a means of verifying the [[identity]] of the [[sender]] of a [[message]], a [[file]], a [[computer system]], a [[software]] process, or even a [[database]] or individual [[software]] component.<ref>[[Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society]], App. B, Glossary, at 354.</ref>}}

{{Quote|[[validating]] the source of a [[message]]; i.e., that it was [[transmitted]] by a properly identified [[sender]] and is not a replay of a previously [[transmitted]] [[message]].<ref>[[NIST Special Publication 800-2]].</ref>}}

== References ==
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== See also ==

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* [[Authenticate]]
* [[Authentication]]
* [[Authenticated encryption]]
* [[Authenticated RFID]]
* [[Authenticated user]]
* [[Authentication code]]
* [[Authentication feature]]
* [[Authentication information]]
* [[Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment]]
* [[Authentication key]]
* [[Authentication mechanism]]
* [[Authentication mode]]
* [[Authentication of identity]]
* [[Authentication protocol]]
* [[Authentication server]]
* [[Authentication tag]]
* [[Authentication technologies]]

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