common services provider (CSP)

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Definition(s):

A federal organization that provides National Security System-Public Key Infrastructure (NSS-PKI) support to other federal organizations, academia and industrial partners requiring classified NSS-PKI support but without their own self-managed infrastructures.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSD No. 507

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common services provider (CSP)

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