Commitment
nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026
Declarations made by management to customers regarding the performance of one or more systems that provide services or products. Commitments can be communicated in written individualized agreements, standardized contracts, service-level agreements, or published statements (for example, a security practices statement). A commitment may relate to one or more trust services categories. Commitments may be made on many different aspects of the service being provided or the product, production, manufacturing, or distribution specifications.
Framework senses
- §1
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- §2
- the act of binding yourself, intellectually or emotionally, to a course of action
- §3
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- §4
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- §5
- a message that makes a pledge
- §1 · glossary
- Declarations made by management to customers regarding the performance of one or more systems that provide services or products. Commitments can be communicated in written individualized agreements, standardized contracts, service-level agreements, or published statements (for example, a security practices statement). A commitment may relate to one or more trust services categories. Commitments may be made on many different aspects of the service being provided or the product, production, manufacturing, or distribution specifications.Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column