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Term · 13. Cryptography & Signatures

Public Key Infrastructure PKI

Technology Source: RFC 5280 (X.509)
AuthN Standards IETF / RFC NIST Introduced by: Big4 (Deloitte / PwC / EY / KPMG)

Definition

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) — distributed system of services, components, and policies supporting cryptographic operations based on public/private key pairs. Includes Certificate Authority (CA), Registration Authority (RA), repositories (CRL/OCSP), end-entity certificates. Core standard — X.509 v3 (RFC 5280).

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