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Certificate Status Authority

nounid 1777·updated Sep 1, 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

Entity Type

Unknown85%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_queued.v1

Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_queued.v1

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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