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Certification authority

nounid 1782·updated May 12, 2026
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1. For Certification and Accreditation (C&A) (C&A Assessment): Official responsible for performing the comprehensive evaluation of the security features of an information system and determining the degree to which it meets its security requirements 2. For Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): A trusted third party that issues digital certificates and verifies the identity of the holder of the digital certificate.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
CA
plural
Certification authorities
possessive
Certification authority's
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Certification authorities'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A trusted third party that serves authentication infrastructures or enterprises and registers entities and issues them certificates
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →
§1
A trusted entity that issues and revokes public key certificates.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
The entity in a public key infrastructure (PKI) that is responsible for issuing certificates and exacting compliance to a PKI policy.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review
1. For Certification and Accreditation (C&A) (C&A Assessment): Official responsible for performing the comprehensive evaluation of the security features of an information system and determining the degree to which it meets its security requirements 2. For Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): A trusted third party that issues digital certificates and verifies the identity of the holder of the digital certificate.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
1. For Certification and Accreditation (C&A) (C&A Assessment): Official responsible for performing the comprehensive evaluation of the security features of an information system and determining the degree to which it meets its security requirements 2. For Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): A trusted third party that issues digital certificates and verifies the identity of the holder of the digital certificate.
FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →
§1
A trusted entity that issues and revokes public key certificates.
NIST SP 800-211 senseview framework →
§1
The entity in a public key infrastructure (PKI) that is responsible for issuing certificates and exacting compliance to a PKI policy.
FIPS PUB 1861 senseview framework →
§1
The entity in a public key infrastructure (PKI) that is responsible for issuing certificates and exacting compliance to a PKI policy.

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