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Policy Certification Authority

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Second level of the PKI Certification Management Authority that formulates the security policy under which it and its subordinate CAs will issue public key certificates.

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Classifications

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

unclassified

Variants

acronym
PCA
plural
Policy Certification Authorities
possessive
Policy Certification Authority's
pluralpossessive
Policy Certification Authorities'