Digital certificate
nounid
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The electronic equivalent of an ID card that authenticates the originator of a digital signature.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Credential90%rule-basedr:entity.credential.cert.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Digital certificates
- possessive
- Digital certificate's
- pluralpossessive
- Digital certificates'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A digital certificate is an electronic "credit card" that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web. It is issued by a certification authority. It contains your name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of the certificate holder's public key (used for encrypting messages and digital signatures), and the digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority so that a recipient can verify that the certificate is real.
- §1
- A piece of information, a digitized form of signature, that provides sender authenticity, message integrity and non-repudiation. A digital signature is generated using the sender’s private key or applying a one-way hash function.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The electronic equivalent of an ID card that authenticates the originator of a digital signature.
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