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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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Classifications

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

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

Framework definitions

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.

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.