Verifies a Message Authentication Code (MAC).

You can use this operation to verify MAC for message data authentication such as . In this operation, you must use the same message data, secret encryption key and MAC algorithm that was used to generate MAC. You can use this operation to verify a DUPKT, CMAC, HMAC or EMV MAC by setting generation attributes and algorithm to the associated values.

For information about valid keys for this operation, see Understanding key attributes and Key types for specific data operations in the Amazon Web Services Payment Cryptography User Guide.

Cross-account use: This operation supports cross-account use when the key has a resource-based policy that grants access. For more information, see Resource-based policies.

Related operations:

• GenerateMac