{
  "answer": "No. Authentication can establish that a presented identity or credential controlled an expected secret or key. Authority requires a separate legal, constitutional, contractual or delegated basis defining what that subject may decide or do.",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://xn--mwe.com/questions/can-authentication-prove-authority/",
  "claimStatus": "CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD",
  "correctionStatus": "CURRENT K05 RELEASE",
  "id": "K01-ANSWER-025",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "question": "Can authentication prove authority?",
  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "researchCutoff": "2026-08-16",
  "shortAnswer": "No. Authentication can establish that a presented identity or credential controlled an expected secret or key. Authority requires a separate legal, constitutional, contractual or delegated basis defining what that subject may decide or do.",
  "slug": "can-authentication-prove-authority",
  "sourceRevalidatedAt": "2026-08-15T23:00:00Z",
  "status": "CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD",
  "topic": "identity",
  "type": "Question"
}