Registration authority

nounid 3806·updated May 9, 2026

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A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a Subscriber to a CSP. The RA may be an integral part of a CSP, or it may be independent of a CSP, but it has a relationship to the CSP(s).

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Attested in

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Pii75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: RA
plural: Registration authorities
possessive: Registration authority's
pluralpossessive: Registration authorities'

Framework definitions

7 senses across 6 frameworks

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: The individual institution that validates an entity's proof of identity and ownership of a key pair

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →

§1: A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a Subscriber to a CSP. The RA may be an integral part of a CSP, or it may be independent of a CSP, but it has a relationship to the CSP(s).
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: Organization responsible for assignment of unique identifiers to registered objects.

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

§1: A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a Subscriber to a CSP. The RA may be an integral part of a CSP, or it may be independent of a CSP, but it has a relationship to the CSP(s).

NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →

§1: A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a Subscriber to a CSP. The RA may be an integral part of a CSP, or it may be independent of a CSP, but it has a relationship to the CSP(s).

FIPS PUB 1881 senseview framework →

§1: Organization responsible for assignment of unique identifiers to registered objects.

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

§1 · legacy_primary: A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a Subscriber to a CSP. The RA may be an integral part of a CSP, or it may be independent of a CSP, but it has a relationship to the CSP(s).
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Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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