Overview#

Authoritative Entity is the Authoritative source.

Authoritative Entity Security Considerations#

Authoritative Entity is often a Trusted Third-party which may represents a single point of failure and become an obvious Target Resource for Exploits.

Authoritative Entity Alternatives#

Ad Hoc or Peer-to-peer are the common Alternatives.

Authoritative Entity Examples#

Certificate Authority is a common example Authoritative Entity.

United States Department of the Treasury is the Authoritative Entity for United States Currency

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Access Authority
• Access Control
• Accreditation Authority
• BitShares
• Centralized system
• Copyright
• Credential Enrollment
• Credential Reset
• Data Origin
• Data Pedigree
• Data Provenance
• Decentralised system
• Decentralized system
• Device Inventory Service
• Direct Anonymous Attestation
• License
• Original work
• Registration Authority
• Rights
• Royalty Fee
• SAML Holder of Key
• Sovereignty
• Trust Anchor