common services provider (CSP)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000766",
  "term": "common services provider (CSP)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A federal organization that provides National Security System-Public Key Infrastructure (NSS-PKI) support to other federal organizations, academia and industrial partners requiring classified NSS-PKI support but without their own self-managed infrastructures. Note: Term is not used in the most recent version of CNSSD No. 507 (July 2020), but may still be known to the CNSS community.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from CNSSD No. 507",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/common-services-provider-csp/"
}