Corroborated

Full Title or Meme

A hypothesis is Corroborated if some series of tests can confirm the claims about Subject.

Context

• The Context in which a corroboration of Identity applies is typically during the Authorization of access by a Subject to a Resource.
• One detail that may need corroboration is the quality of Attestation of the protection offered to User Credentials by a User Agent.

Problem

Popper nicely described the problem in this way

Solution

The article "Bayesian Identity Proofing" offers one statistical method of incrementally corroborating a User prior to Authorization.

References

1. Synonyms include: Assurance Attested Validated.
2. Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery. chapter X