CYBNODE Glossary
Cybersecurity is awash in technical terms and industry buzzwords. The CYBNODE Glossary is your guide through a sea of complicated terminology, providing easy-to-understand definitions and resources for further exploration.
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Cybersecurity is awash in technical terms and industry buzzwords. The CYBNODE Glossary is your guide through a sea of complicated terminology, providing easy-to-understand definitions and resources for further exploration.
Certificate Authority (CA)
A trusted entity that issues digital certificates to verify the identity of websites, services, and users.
A CA binds a public key to an identity by signing an X.509 certificate. Clients verify server identities during TLS handshakes using the CA trust store. Modern best practices include automated issuance and rotation via ACME.
- Public-key cryptography
- Device-bound credentials
- Platform and roaming authenticators