A secure third-party organization that can vouch for the identity and origin of a person or program component.
Not just anybody can issue trusted SSL Certificates. If they could then there would be no trust in SSL - and it could no longer be used commercially. Instead only Certification Authorities, or CA's as they are commonly known, can issue trusted SSL Certificates. CA's have generally invested in establishing the technology, support, legal and commercial infrastructures associated with providing SSL certificates.
An entity trusted to "vouch" for the identity of a subject. In a public key infrastructure, a certificate authority signs an identity certificate for the subject Abbreviation: CA. See also subject, identity certificate.
A trusted authority or party that digitally signs certificates in order to validate the identity of a person or party.
The internal or trusted third party responsible for issuing secure electronic identities to users in the form of digital certificates.
an organisation trusted by the browser manufacturers (and manufacturers/developers of other software) that issues digital certificates after verifying the identity of those to whom they are to be issued
an organization that issues public key certificates
a principal trusted to act as an introduction service
a trusted agency that is authorized to issue, renew and revoke digital certificates after verifying the identity and legitimacy of the requesting party
a trusted party responsible for issuing digital certificates and managing them throughout their lifetime
a trusted third party business entity that has implemented appropriate security mechanisms and technologies to register public keys to particular identities
a trusted third party that verifies the identity of an applicant registering for a digital certificate
a trusted third party who confirms the identity of an organization
a trusted third party who is in the business of associating a public key with a particular individual
a trusted third person or entity that determines the identity of a subscriber and certifies that the public key used to create a digital signature that belongs to that person
Trusted entity that signs public key certificates.
Certification Authorities are trusted third parties that issue Digital Certificates used to authenticate an individual's or organisation's identity online. Suncorp's Certification Authority is Verisignâ„¢.
Organization providing certification services. Attests and issues certificates, certificate status tokens and timestamp tokens. Part of trusted third party. Unizeto CERTUM - CCK is an example of CA.
Certification Authority (CA) is a trusted entity whose central responsibility is certifying the authenticity of users.
The authorised certification authority designated by Commerce Dot Com Sdn Bhd to provide the digital certificate for the ePerolehan Card.
A body that generates, signs and issues public key certificates which bind subscribers to their public key.
An organisation which identifies digital identities by providing a trustworthy link between a real person or organisation and a digital public key
The system responsible for issuing secure electronic identities to users in the form of certificates. An example is Verisign.
A trusted third party that signs a certificate. In the Oracle Security Server, the Oracle Security Repository serves as the certification authority.
An organization that distributes private and public key pairs for doing encrypted interactions on the Internet. Currently, VeriSign and Sun Microsystems, among others offer Certification Authority services. This service will someday be offered by the US Postal Service.
The system responsible for issuing secure electronic identities to users in the form of certificates. The Entrust Authority(tm) Security Manager product acts as the CA.
Company or organization that sells and issues authentication certificates. You may purchase an authentication certificate from a Certification Authority that you trust. Also known as a CA.
An entity that issues certificates.
(CA) An entity entrusted to issue certificates that assert that the recipient individual, computer, or organization requesting the certificate fulfills the conditions of an established policy.
An entity that manages digital certificates (i.e., issues and revokes). Verisign and InstantSSL are two well known CAs.
An authority trusted by one or more subscribers to create and assign public key certificates and to be responsible for them during their lifetime.
An entity that attests to the identity of a person or an organisation. A CA is likely to be an external company that offers certificate services. The CA's chief function is to verify the identity of entities and issue digital certificates attesting to that identity. Return to the top
An entity that attests to the identity of a person or an organisation. A Certificate Authority might be an external company such as VeriSign that offers certificate services or they might be an internal organisation such as a corporate MIS department. The Certificate Authority's chief function is to verify the identity of entities and issue digital certificates attesting to that identity. The acronym CA can be found in different variations. Certification Authority (Used in this document and found in most documents) Certifying Authority (Found in the RSA Security Crypto FAQ) Certificate Authority (Found in various documents)
CA) An authority trusted by one or more users to create and assign public key certificates. Optionally the Certification Authority may create the user's keys. It is important to note that the Certification Authority is responsible for the public key certificates during their whole lifetime, not just for issuing them.
A trusted entity issuing certificates confirming the identity of, or given facts associated with, the certificate?s subject
the institute, which is in charge of the issuing of open keys.
a trusted third party that issues digital signatures. For example, VeriSign and Thawte.
A certification authority (CA) is an organization (such as thawte) that issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption.
A Gatekeeper accredited entity that verifies the identity of a user, allocates a distinguished name to that user, and verifies the correctness of information concerning that user by signing the data that constitutes the digital signature for that user.
CAs are responsible for managing digital certificate requests and issuing digital certificates to participating IPSec network peers. These services provide centralized key management for the participating peers.
An internal or third-party organization that issues digital files used for encrypted transactions.
A “trusted third-party” organization which is used to confirm the relationship between a party to the https transaction and that party's public key.
certification authority - An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other certification authorities. Activities of a certification authority can include binding public keys to distinguished names through signed certificates, managing certificate serial numbers, and certificate revocation.
In secure communications, a trusted third party (such as VeriSign, Inc.) or a designated internal authority who issues certificates. See also certificate.
(CA) A trusted third party whose purpose is to sign certificates for network entities it has authenticated using secure means. Other network entities can check the signature to verify that a CA has authenticated the bearer of a certificate. See: SSL/TLS Encryption
In Exchange advanced security, the CA is the central process that generates the public and private key pairs. The CA is responsible for creating and maintaining security key pairs and special certificates. See also Certificate.
A service responsible for managing certificate requests and issuing certificates to participating IPSec network devices. This service provides centralized key management for the participating devices and is explicitly entrusted by the receiver to validate identities and to create digital certificates. enrollment—The process of obtaining a new certificate from a CA.
Abbreviated as CA, a trusted third-party organization that issues digital certificates used to create digital signatures and public-private key pairs. The role of the CA in this process is to guarantee that the individual granted the unique certificate is, in fact, who he or she claims to be. CAs are a critical component in data security and e-commerce because they guarantee that the two parties exchanging information are really who they claim to be. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority
An entity licensed or authorized to issue Certificates. DST is a Certification Authority. (See Certificates, Issue Certificates.)
The entity / system that issues X.509 identity certificates (places a subject name and public key in a document and then digitally signs that document using the private key of the CA).
A third party that verifies the identity of merchants and their sites. The certificate authority issues a certificate (also called a digital certificate or an authentication certificate) to an applicant company, which can then put the certificate up on its site.
An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to users (end entities) or other certification authorities. Activities of a certification authority can include binding public keys to distinguished names through signed certificates, managing certificate serial numbers, and certificate revocation. See also: certificate; public key; root authority
A mutually-trusted third party that issues certificates; for example, VeriSign.