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Certification Authority Workstation (CAW)

Certification Authority Workstation (CAW): (C.

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(C. F. D.) Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) workstation with a trusted operating system and special purpose application software that is used to issue certificates. Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term “certificate authority workstation (CAW)”.

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Definition 2

Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) workstation with a trusted operating system and special-purpose application software that is used to issue certificates (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Source: The Cyber GlossaryType: external

Sources

1
Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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2
The Cyber Glossary
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