QUICK DEFINITION
Certificate Authority — An entity that issues and manages digital certificates binding identities to cryptographic keys.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why Certificate Authority matters in finance
Certificate trust underpins secure connections between many financial systems and services.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM CONTEXT
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In financial services, certificate authority should be understood in relation to operational continuity, data integrity, payments, market infrastructure and interconnected dependencies. A control can be technically effective while still leaving material resilience risk if critical services cannot continue or recover during disruption.