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What does IIoT stand for?

IIoT stands for Industrial Internet of Things.

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What does NPKD stand for?

NPKD stands for National Public Key Directory.

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What does HTTPS stand for?

HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is an extension of HTTP and is used for secure communication over…

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What does SSL stand for?

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer.

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What does TLS stand for?

TLS stands for Transport Layer Security.

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What does MRTD stand for?

MRTD stands for Machine Readable Travel Document.

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What does PKCS stand for?

PKCS stands for Public Key Cryptography Standards.

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What are the Android signing schemes?

Android application signing is based on certificates and RSA or ECDSA keys. Android application signing is an essential part of…

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What is crypto agility in code signing?

Crypto agility is a principle for gradually improving security and attack resistance in a secure infrastructure based on cryptography. Any…

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What is a digital certificate?

A digital certificate is a digitally signed document and can be compared with the physical identity card or a passport…

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What is x.509?

X.509 is a PKI standard for digital certificates and public key certificates. It verifies that a public key belongs to…

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What is a Validation Authority?

A PKI Validation Authority (VA) provides validation of PKI certificates. Certificate validation services can include access to Certificate Revocation Lists…

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What is a Certificate Authority?

A Certificate Authority manages the certificate lifecycles for people, servers or things. A Certificate Authority (CA) issues, renews, manages and…

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What is the NIS Directive?

The Network and Information Systems (NIS) directive is an initiative developed to protect the economy of the European Union from…

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What is eIDAS?

eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) is an EU regulation (EU N°910/2014) on electronic identification and trust services for…

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How does a Certificate Authority work?

A Certificate Authority usually operates in hierarchies where a Root CA certifies itself (self signed) and a subordinate CA is…

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What is code signing?

Code signing is a digital signature that ensures that software on devices and computers is trusted and unmodified. Code signing is…

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Why do I need a digital birth certificate?

When building new solutions for IoT, it is important that you can trust each component in the solution from the…

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What is a Registration Authority?

A Registration Authority (RA) is a function for certificate enrollment used in public key infrastructures.  It is responsible for receiving…

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What is a PKI certificate?

A PKI certificate is a digitally signed document that is comparable with a physical identity card or a passport used…

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What is PKI?

PKI stands for public key infrastructure. PKI is about building a framework Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is the set of…

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What does CSR stand for?

CSR stands for Certificate Signing Request.

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What does CRL stand for?

CRL stands for Certificate Revocation List. Learn more about CRLs: What is a Validation Authority?

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What does VA stand for?

VA stands for Validation Authority. Read more about Validation Authority: What is a Validation Authority?

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What does RA stand for?

RA stands for Registration Authority. Learn more about Registration Authority: What is a Registration Authority?   

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What does CA stand for?

CA is short for Certificate Authority. Learn more about Certificate Authority:  How does a Certificate Authority work? What is a Certificate…

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What does PKI stand for?

PKI stands for Public Key Infrastructure. Learn more about PKI:  What is PKI?

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