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Certification Authority Workstation

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

CAW

Definition(s):

  Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) workstation with a trusted operating system and special purpose application software that is used to issue certificates. Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term “certificate authority workstation (CAW)”.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 under certification authority workstation (CAW)