Certificate Status Authority

nounid 1777·updated May 9, 2026

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A trusted entity that provides online verification to a Relying Party of a subject certificate's trustworthiness, and may also provide additional attribute information for the subject certificate.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Credential90%rule-basedr:entity.credential.cert.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Certificate Status Authorities
possessive: Certificate Status Authority's
pluralpossessive: Certificate Status Authorities'

Framework definitions

3 senses across 3 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: A trusted entity that provides online verification to a Relying Party of a subject certificate's trustworthiness, and may also provide additional attribute information for the subject certificate.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: A trusted entity that provides online verification to a Relying Party of a subject certificate's trustworthiness, and may also provide additional attribute information for the subject certificate.

NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →

§1: A trusted entity that provides online verification to a Relying Party of a subject certificate's trustworthiness, and may also provide additional attribute information for the subject certificate.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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