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Attribute Authority

nounid 1558·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.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

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

Variants

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

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
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.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
§1
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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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