common services provider (CSP)

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Definitions:

A federal organization that provides National Security System-Public Key Infrastructure (NSS-PKI) support to other federal organizations, academia and industrial partners requiring classified NSS-PKI support but without their own self-managed infrastructures. Note: Term is not used in the most recent version of CNSSD No. 507 (July 2020), but may still be known to the CNSS community.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 from CNSSD No. 507

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