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Intermediate Certification Authority

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A Certification Authority that is subordinate to another CA, and has a CA subordinate to itself.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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

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Variants

acronym
CA
plural
Intermediate Certification Authorities
possessive
Intermediate Certification Authority's
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Intermediate Certification Authorities'