Attribute Authority

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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An entity, recognized by the Federal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Policy Authority or comparable agency body as having the authority to verify the association of attributes to an identity.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

Cui60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Attribute Authorities
possessive: Attribute Authority's
pluralpossessive: Attribute Authorities'

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