Unique designation (identity) of the cryptographic process that performs validation of the stated assurance on received data. In the absence of an Assurance Recipient all potential receivers will often be able to validate the assurance because the cryptographic technique is based on a "public" (as opposed to "secret") technology Note: X9 has required minimum length of 4 characters for a security recipient; no mechanism, or registration method, is provided by X9 or X12 to guarantee uniqueness of the identifier