1. [The] comprehensive evaluation of the technical and nontechnical security features of an IS [information system] and other safeguards, made as a part of and in support of the accreditation process, to establish the extent to which a particular design and implementation meets a set of specified security requirements. [INFOSEC-99]
2. The issue by the UK Certification Body of a… (Read More →)

[The] individual responsible for making a technical judgment of the system's compliance with stated requirements, identifying and assessing the risks associated with operating the system, coordinating the certification activities, and consolidating the final certification and accreditation packages. [INFOSEC-99]

1. In cryptography, a center trusted by one or more agencies or individuals to create and assign certificates and, optionally, to create user's keys. [After X9.31]
2. In secure communications, a trusted person or entity who issues certificates (also called "public- key certificates") for encryption purposes.
3. An independent party identifying and certifying payers and payees for real-time credit card… (Read More →)

1. An independent and impartial national organization that performs certification [ITSEC].
2. The Certification Body for the UK Evaluation and Certification Scheme is a joint CESG/DTI operation under a Scheme Management Board. Its principal role is to carry out the certification of the results of all evaluations of systems and products carried out under the auspices of the UK Scheme… (Read More →)

In cryptography, the ordered sequence of entity certificates that can be processed, with the public key of the initial entity in the path, to determine the public key of the final entity in the path. [After X9.57]

An identity in the form of an attribute in a certificate. The issuing authority will have authenticated the owner of the certificate [ECMA138].

In computer networking, one who has met proprietary training and certification requirements pertinent to network design or maintenance.
Note: The training requirements embrace both software and hardware configuration.

Person responsible for certification of a system and/or product [CESG]

A clock containing a cesium standard as a frequency-determining element.

A primary frequency standard in which electronic transitions between the two hyperfine ground states of cesium-133 atoms control the output frequency.
Note 1: The difference between the energy levels of the two hyperfine ground states of the cesium-133 atom corresponds, in the absence of external influences (e.g., the magnetic field of the Earth), to electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of… (Read More →)