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CP

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

certificate policy

CNSSI 4009-2022

Certificate Policy

NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1, NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1

Configuration Payload

NIST SP 800-77 Rev. 1

Contingency Planning

NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1

Definitions:

  A named set of rules that indicates the applicability of a certificate to a particular community and/or class of application with common security requirements. For example, a particular CP might indicate applicability of a type of certificate to the authentication of parties engaging in business-to-business transactions for the trading of goods or services within a given price range.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 under certificate policy from CNSSI 1300

  See Information System Contingency Plan.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 under Contingency Planning

  A named set of rules that indicate the applicability of a certificate to a particular community and/or class of applications with common security requirements.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Certificate Policy

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