Claim

Full Title or Meme

A statement by or about a user is a claim. If there is some corroboration of the claim, it is called a verified claim.

Context

• In computer networking a variety of statements can be made by a user to acquire authorized access to a resource.
• The distinction as to Authentication, who a user is, versus Authorization, or what that user is permitted to do, is no longer helpful.
• NIST has recognized that there are multiple metrics for the quality of statements about a user in their third update to