| Subject | English | German |
| fin. | authority authorised to furnish the certification | Behörde, die zur Ausstellung der Bestätigungen befugt ist |
| fin. | authority responsible for supervision the certification system | mit der Kontrolle der Zertifizierungsregelung beauftragte amtliche Stelle |
| telecom. | certification authority | Beglaubigungsstelle |
| tech. | certification authority | Zertifizierungs-Autorität |
| tech. | certification authority | Zertifikationsautorität |
| commun., IT | Certification Authority | Zertifikatsinstanz |
| comp., MS | certification authority | Zertifizierungsstelle (An entity entrusted to issue certificates that assert that the recipient individual, computer, or organization requesting the certificate fulfills the conditions of an established policy) |
| industr. | certification authority | Zertifizierungsstelle (Andrey Truhachev) |
| agric. | certification authority | Anerkennungsstelle |
| tech. | certification authority | vertrauenswürdige Institution zur Verwaltung von Schlüsseln |
| comp., MS | certification authority hierarchy | Zertifizierungsstellenhierarchie (A hierarchy in which the roles of the certification authority are separated into one root CA and one or more subordinate CAs) |
| comp., MS | certification authority snap-in | Zertifizierungsstellen-Snap-In (A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is used to configure and manage certification authorities) |
| comp., MS | Certification Authority Web Enrollment | Zertifizierungsstellen-Webregistrierung (The role service that provides a set of web pages that allow interaction with the Certification Authority role service) |
| immigr., IT, engl. | Country Signing Certification Authority | Country Signing Certification Authority |
| immigr., IT, engl. | Country Verifying Certification Authority | Country Verifying Certification Authority |
| comp., MS | enterprise certification authority | Unternehmenszertifizierungsstelle (A computer service that issues digital certificates that can only be used inside a business or organization) |
| comp., MS | intermediate certification authority | Zwischenzertifizierungsstelle (A certification authority that has the ability to issue the intermediate certificates needed to certify the subject identified by the end certificate) |
| comp., MS | issuing certification authority | ausstellende Zertifizierungsstelle (In a public key infrastructure hierarchy, the certification authority that that issues certificates to users and computers) |
| dat.proc. | root certification authority | Wurzelzertifizierungsinstanz |
| comp., MS | root certification authority | Stammzertifizierungsstelle (The most trusted certification authority (CA), which is at the top of a certification hierarchy. The root CA has a self-signed certificate) |
| comp., MS | Root certification authority certificate | Stammzertifizierungsstellen-Zertifikat (A certificate signed by the certification authority that is used to verify the authenticity of a server certificate created by the certification authority) |
| comp., MS | stand-alone certification authority | eigenständige Zertifizierungsstelle (A certification authority (CA) that is not integrated with Active Directory) |
| comp., MS | subordinate certification authority | untergeordnete Zertifizierungsstelle (In a public key infrastructure (PKI) hierarchy, any certification authority that is not the root CA) |
| comp., MS | trusted root certification authority | vertrauenswürdige Stammzertifizierungsstelle (A root certification authority that appears in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities console of the Windows operating systems and is trusted by the operating system) |