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Superior Certification Authority

nounid 4281·updated May 12, 2026
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In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority who has certified the certificate signature key of another CA, and who constrains the activities of that CA.

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Classifications

Entity Type

System0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Restricted75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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

Variants

plural
Superior Certification Authorities
possessive
Superior Certification Authority's
pluralpossessive
Superior Certification Authorities'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority who has certified the certificate signature key of another CA, and who constrains the activities of that CA.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority who has certified the certificate signature key of another CA, and who constrains the activities of that CA.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
§1
In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority who has certified the certificate signature key of another CA, and who constrains the activities of that CA.

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