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What are Certificate Policies (CPs)?

April 26, 2017Certificate CPS policies

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What are Certificate Policies (CPs)?

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Certification Authorities issue digital certificates that are appropriate to specific purposes or applications. For example, in the Government of Canada Public Key Infrastructure, digital certificates for data confidentiality are different from those used for digital signatures. Certificate Policies describe the rules governing the different uses of these certificates.