---
type: "term"
title: "Credential Acquisition"
description: "The act of obtaining, capturing, exposing, deriving, or forging a credential/identity artifact."
resource: "tlctc:term:credential-acquisition"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Credential Acquisition

The act of obtaining, capturing, exposing, deriving, or forging a credential/identity artifact. Credential acquisition maps to the **enabling cluster**—the generic vulnerability that made the acquisition possible.

**Reference:** §4.2.2 (Global Definitions), R-CRED (§4.2.5), Axiom X (§2)