Binding

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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An acknowledgement by a trusted third party that associates an entity’s identity with its public key. This may take place through (1) a certification authority’s generation of a public key certificate, (2) a security officer’s verification of an entity’s credentials and placement of the entity’s public key and identifier in a secure database, or (3) an analogous method.

Framework senses

6 senses across 4 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →

§1: Process of associating two related elements of information.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: An acknowledgement by a trusted third party that associates an entity’s identity with its public key. This may take place through (1) a certification authority’s generation of a public key certificate, (2) a security officer’s verification of an entity’s credentials and placement of the entity’s public key and identifier in a secure database, or (3) an analogous method.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review: Process of associating a specific communications terminal with a specific cryptographic key or associating two related elements of information.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Process of associating a specific communications terminal with a specific cryptographic key or associating two related elements of information.

NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →

§1: Process of associating two related elements of information.

NIST SP 800-211 senseview framework →

§1: An acknowledgement by a trusted third party that associates an entity’s identity with its public key. This may take place through (1) a certification authority’s generation of a public key certificate, (2) a security officer’s verification of an entity’s credentials and placement of the entity’s public key and identifier in a secure database, or (3) an analogous method.