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A certificate authority (CA) is a trusted thrid party in a network that issues and manages digital certificates. As part of a public key infrastructure, CA checks with a registration authority (RA) to verify information provided by the requestor of a digital certificate. If the RA verifies the requestor’s information, then CA can issue a certificate.
