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Root Certificate

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003639

A self-signed certificate, as defined by IETF RFC 5280, issued by a root CA. A root certificate is typically securely installed on systems so they can verify end-entity certificates they receive.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003639
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 1800-16B; NIST SP 1800-16D; NIST SP 1800-16C; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003639",
  "term": "Root Certificate",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A self-signed certificate, as defined by IETF RFC 5280, issued by a root CA. A root certificate is typically securely installed on systems so they can verify end-entity certificates they receive.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 1800-16B; NIST SP 1800-16D; NIST SP 1800-16C",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/root-certificate/"
}

Record 3,639 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.