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Enrollment

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Registration

Definition(s):

  The process through which an applicant applies to become a subscriber of a CSP and the CSP validates the applicant’s identity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-3

  See Enrollment.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-3 under Registration

  Making a person’s identity known to the enrollment/Identity Management System information system by associating a unique identifier with that identity, and collecting and recording the person’s relevant attributes into the information system. Registration is necessary in order to initiate other processes, such as adjudication, card/token personalization and issuance and, maintenance that are necessary to issue and to re-issue or maintain a PIV Card or a Derived PIV Credential token.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-79-2 under Registration

  The process that a CA uses to create a certificate for a web server or email user. (In the context of this practice guide, enrollment applies to the process of a certificate requester requesting a certificate, the CA issuing the certificate, and the requester retrieving the issued certificate.)
Source(s):
NIST SP 1800-16B from NISTIR 7682

  The process that a CA uses to create a certificate for a web server or email user. (In the context of this practice guide, enrollment applies to the process of a certificate requester requesting a certificate, the CA issuing the certificate, and the requester retrieving the issued certificate).
Source(s):
NIST SP 1800-16C from NISTIR 7682

  The process through which an applicant applies to become a subscriber of a CSP and an RA validates the identity of the applicant on behalf of the CSP. (NIST SP 800-63-3)
Source(s):
NISTIR 8149 under Registration from NIST SP 800-63-3

  The process that a Certificate Authority (CA) uses to create a certificate for a web server or email user
Source(s):
NISTIR 7682

  See “Identity Registration”.
Source(s):
FIPS 201 [version unknown] under Registration

  The process through which an Applicant applies to become a Subscriber of a CSP and an RA validates the identity of the Applicant on behalf of the CSP.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-2 [Superseded] under Registration