Digital Certificate
Digital Certificate: A technology by which systems and their users can employ the security applications of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Definition
A technology by which systems and their users can employ the security applications of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI is a set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A data set used to identify the holder of the certification and to verify, using a PKI, the authenticity of the certificate.
- Definition 3
A technology by which systems and their users can employ the security applications of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI is a set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption. Voting and election systems will use PKI infrastructure to exchange and compare digital certificates for the purpose of authenticating access and securing transmission of data.
- Definition 4
A data set used to identify the holder of the certification and to verify, using a PKI, the authenticity of the certificate. It typically includes the holder’s private key and is used for cryptographic operations such as digitally signing or encrypting data.
- Definition 5
A digital identity document that can be used only by a person in possession of the private cryptographic key corresponding to the public key contained in the certificate.