Certification authority
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
1. For Certification and Accreditation (C&A) (C&A Assessment): Official responsible for performing the comprehensive evaluation of the security features of an information system and determining the degree to which it meets its security requirements 2. For Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): A trusted third party that issues digital certificates and verifies the identity of the holder of the digital certificate.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
A trusted third party that serves authentication infrastructures or enterprises and registers entities and issues them certificates
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
A trusted entity that issues and revokes public key certificates.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review
The entity in a public key infrastructure (PKI) that is responsible for issuing certificates and exacting compliance to a PKI policy.
Classifications
Entity Type
Organization0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
Cui70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- acronym
- CA
- plural
- Certification authorities
- possessive
- Certification authority's
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- Certification authorities'