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password system [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2022-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

A mechanism used to verify the identity of someone or something where the authenticity of that identity is established at least partly with a password.

OBS

A password system may be one factor in a multi-factor authentication method.

Key term(s)
  • passwords system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Mécanisme servant à vérifier l’identité de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose dans les cas où l’authenticité de cette identité est au moins partiellement établie à l’aide d’un mot de passe.

OBS

Un système de contrôle des mots de passe peut être l’un des facteurs mis en jeu par une méthode d’authentification multifactorielle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A part of an ADP [automated data processing] system that is used to authenticate a user's identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les mots de passe exigent [...] une attention particulière [...] De plus, les systèmes de contrôle des mots de passe présentent souvent des faiblesses [...]

Spanish

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