Encryption Certificate
Encryption Certificate: A certificate containing a public key that can encrypt or decrypt electronic messages, files, documents, or data transmissions, or…
Definition
A certificate containing a public key that can encrypt or decrypt electronic messages, files, documents, or data transmissions, or establish or exchange a session key for these same purposes. Key management sometimes refers to the process of storing protecting and escrowing the private component of the key pair associated with the encryption certificate.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A certificate containing a public key that can encrypt or decrypt electronic messages, files, documents, or data transmissions, or establish or exchange a session key for these same purposes. Key management sometimes refers to the process of storing, protecting, and escrowing the private component of the key pair associated with the encryption certificate. ((NISTIR)