validation: 1. Tests to determine whether an implemented system
fulfills its requirements. 2. The checking of data for
correctness or for compliance with applicable standards, rules,
and conventions. (188) 3. [The] process of applying specialized
security test and evaluation procedures, tools, and equipment
needed to establish acceptance for joint usage of an AIS by one
or more departments or agencies and their contractors. Note:
This action will include, as necessary, final development,
evaluation, and testing, preparatory to acceptance by senior
security test and evaluation staff specialists. [NIS] 4. In
universal personal telecommunications, the process of verifying
that a user or terminal is authorized to access UPT services.