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What is CA Certificate?

CA Certificate A digital certificate issued to a Certificate Authority, used to sign and validate other digital certificates within a PKI hierarchy.

Source: ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, MITRE ATT&CK

How is “CA Certificate” Used in Practice?

The root CA certificate is self-signed, while subordinate CA certificates are signed by a higher authority in the PKI hierarchy.

Certification Exam Relevance

CISSPCompTIA Security+CEH

Who Needs to Know This Term?

  • SOC Analysts
  • Security Engineers
  • Incident Responders

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What is CA Certificate?

A digital certificate issued to a Certificate Authority, used to sign and validate other digital certificates within a PKI hierarchy.

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