public key infrastructure component

A public key infrastructure component is an element (such as a certificate authority, registration authority, or repository) that issues, manages, stores, and validates digital certificates and cryptographic keys to enable secure, trusted communications.

Observed surface forms (3)

• DNSSEC key ×1
• DNSSEC operational process ×1
• cryptographic key management ceremony ×1

Instances (3)

• DNSSEC root key signing ceremony via concept surface "cryptographic key management ceremony"
• DNSSEC ZSK via concept surface "DNSSEC key"
• X.509 certificates
  surface form: X.509 certificate