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Certificate

Certificate: An official document attesting a certain fact.

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Certification

Definition

An official document attesting a certain fact.

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Definition 2

The public key for a user (or device) and a name for the user (or device), together with some other information, rendered unforgeable by the digital signature of the certification authority that issued the certificate, encoded in the format defined in the ISO/ITU-T X.509 standard.

Source: Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015Type: standard
Definition 3

A digital representation of information which at least

Source: The Cyber GlossaryType: external

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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The Cyber Glossary
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