Evidence attesting to one’s right to credit or authority. In this Standard, it is the PIV Card or derived PIV credential associated with an individual that authoritatively binds an identity (and, optionally, additional attributes) to that individual.
An object or data structure that authoritatively binds an identity (and optionally, additional attributes) to a token processed and controlled by a Subscriber.
Evidence or testimonials that support a claim of identity or assertion of an attribute and usually are intended to be used more than once.
An object or data structure that authoritatively binds an identity
- via an identifier or identifiers - and (optionally) additional attributes, to at least one authenticator possessed and controlled by a subscriber. While common usage often assumes that the subscriber maintains the credential, these guidelines also use the term to refer to electronic records maintained by the CSP that establish binding between the subscriber’s authenticator(s) and identity.
An object or data structure that authoritatively binds an identity (and optionally, additional attributes) to a card or token possessed and controlled by a cardholder or subscriber.
A set of attributes that uniquely identifies a system entity such as a person, an organization, a service, or a device.
credentials: cryptographic objects and related data used to support secure communications over the Internet. Credentials may consist of public/private key pairs, symmetric keys, X.509 public key certificates, attribute certificates, and/or application data. Several standardized formats for the representation of credentials exist, e.g., [PKCS12], [PKCS15] (see “secured credentials” below).
A delegated credential (DC) is a digitally signed data structure with two semantic fields: a validity interval and a public key (along with its associated signature algorithm). The signature on the delegated credential indicates a delegation from the certificate that is issued to the peer. The private key used to sign a credential corresponds to the public key of the peer’s X.509 end-entity certificate
Secure credentials may represent a digital key to a hotel room, a digital key to a door lock in a house or a digital key to a car.
A set of one or more claims made by an issuer. A verifiable credential is a tamper-evident credential that has authorship that can be cryptographically verified. Verifiable credentials can be used to build verifiable presentations, which can also be cryptographically verified. The claims in a credential can be about different subjects.
Credential – A credential is an abstract proof that must be instantiated as a certificate before it can be exchanged between entities.
something that gives a title to credit or confidence testimonials or certified documents showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA