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Principal Certification Authority

nounid 3654·updated May 9, 2026
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The Principal Certification Authority is a CA designated by an agency to interoperate with the FBCA. An agency may designate multiple Principal CAs to interoperate with the FBCA.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Identity85%rule-basedr:entity.identity.account.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
CA
plural
Principal Certification Authorities
possessive
Principal Certification Authority's
pluralpossessive
Principal Certification Authorities'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The Principal Certification Authority is a CA designated by an agency to interoperate with the FBCA. An agency may designate multiple Principal CAs to interoperate with the FBCA.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
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The Principal Certification Authority is a CA designated by an agency to interoperate with the FBCA. An agency may designate multiple Principal CAs to interoperate with the FBCA.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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