ATTESTATION
A confirmation or authentication, that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate.
- First party declaration
- Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
- Second party attestation
- Certification
- Accredited third party certification
- Accreditation
The most common CA systems may use one or more types of determination or attestation activities.
DETERMINATION
The process of establishing something exactly.
- Testing
- Audit
- Inspection
- Peer assessment