SIST EN 319 411-1 V1.5.1:2025

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 1: General requirements
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Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-1v151
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, extended
validation certificate, public key, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
3.4 Notations . 13
4 General concepts . 14
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 14
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 14
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 14
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 14
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 16
4.3 Certification services . 16
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 17
5.1 General requirements . 17
5.2 Certification Practice Statement requirements . 18
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 19
5.4 PKI participants . 20
5.4.1 Certification Authority . 20
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 20
5.4.3 Others . 21
5.5 Certificate usage . 21
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 21
6.1 Publication and repository responsibilities . 21
6.2 Identification and authentication . 22
6.2.1 Naming . 22
6.2.2 Initial identity validation . 22
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 27
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 27
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle operational requirements . 28
6.3.1 Certificate application . 28
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 28
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 29
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 31
6.3.5 Key pair and certificate usage . 32
6.3.6 Certificate renewal . 34
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 34
6.3.8 Certificate modification . 35
6.3.9 Certificate revocation and suspension. 35
6.3.10 Certificate status services . 37
6.3.11 End of subscription . 38
6.3.12 Key escrow and recovery . 38
6.4 Facility, management, and operational controls . 38
6.4.1 General . 38
6.4.2 Physical security controls . 38
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6.4.3 Procedural controls . 39
6.4.4 Personnel controls . 39
6.4.5 Audit logging procedures . 39
6.4.6 Records archival . 40
6.4.7 Key changeover . 40
6.4.8 Compromise and disaster recovery . 41
6.4.9 Certification Authority or Registration Authority termination . 42
6.5 Technical security controls . 42
6.5.1 Key pair generation and installation . 42
6.5.2 Private key protection and cryptographic module engineering controls . 45
6.5.3 Other aspects of key pair management . 45
6.5.4 Activation data . 46
6.5.5 Computer security controls . 46
6.5.6 Life cycle security controls . 47
6.5.7 Network security controls . 47
6.5.8 Timestamping . 47
6.6 Certificate, CRL and OCSP profiles. 47
6.6.1 Certificate profile . 47
6.6.2 CRL profile . 48
6.6.3 OCSP profile . 48
6.7 Compliance audit and other assessment . 48
6.8 Other business and legal matters . 49
6.8.1 Fees . 49
6.8.2 Financial responsibility . 49
6.8.3 Confidentiality of business information . 49
6.8.4 Privacy of personal information. 49
6.8.5 Intellectual property rights . 49
6.8.6 Representations and warranties . 49
6.8.7 Disclaimers of warranties . 50
6.8.8 Limitations of liability . 50
6.8.9 Indemnities . 50
6.8.10 Term and termination. 50
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 50
6.8.12 Amendments . 50
6.8.13 Dispute resolution procedures. 50
6.8.14 Governing law . 50
6.8.15 Compliance with applicable law . 50
6.8.16 Miscellaneous provisions . 50
6.9 Other provisions . 50
6.9.1 Organizational . 50
6.9.2 Additional testing . 51
6.9.3 Disabilities . 51
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 51
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies . 52
7.1 Certificate policy management . 52
7.2 Additional requirements . 52
Annex A (informative): Model PKI disclosure statement . 53
A.1 Introduction . 53
A.2 The PDS structure . 53
A.3 The PDS format . 54
Annex B (informative): Conformity assessment checklist . 55
Annex C (informative): Bibliography . 56
Annex D (informative): Change history . 57
History . 60

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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates, as identified below:
ETSI EN 319 411-1: "General requirements";
ETSI EN 319 411-2: "Requirements for trust service providers issuing EU qualified certificates";
NOTE: Part 3 of this multi-part deliverable has been withdrawn.
ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Checklist supporting audit of TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2";
ETSI TS 119 411-5: "Implementation of qualified certificates for website authentication as in amended regulation
910/2014";
ETSI TS 119 411-6: "Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing publicly trusted S/MIME certificates".
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 102 042 [i.6].

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National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 24 March 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 June 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 December 2025
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 December 2025

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Electronic commerce, in its broadest sense, is a way of doing business and communicating across public and private
networks. An important requirement of electronic commerce is the ability to identify the originator and protect the
confidentiality of electronic exchanges. This is commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms which are
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority (CA).
For participants of electronic commerce to have confidence in the security of these cryptographic mechanisms they
need to have confidence that the TSP has properly established procedures and protective measure in order to minimize
the operational and financial threats and risks associated with public key cryptographic systems.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.14] and those from CA/Browser Forum, BRG [6].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can base their requirements on those specified in the present document and specify any additional requirements in a
manner similar to ETSI EN 319 411-2 [i.5], which builds on the present document requirements so as to benefit from
the use of generally accepted global best practices.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies generally applicable policy and security requirements for Trust Service Providers
(TSPs) issuing public key certificates, including trusted web site certificates.
The policy and security requirements are defined in terms of requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of certificates. These policy and security requirements support several reference certificate policies,
defined in clauses 4 and 5.
A framework for the definition of policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a specific context where
particular requirements apply is defined in clause 7.
The present document covers requirements for CA hierarchies, however this is limited to supporting the policies as
specified in the present document. It does not include requirements for root CAs and intermediate CAs for other
purposes.
The present document is applicable to:
• the general requirements of certification in support of cryptographic mechanisms, including digital signatures
for electronic signatures and seals;
• the general requirements of certification authorities issuing TLS/SSL certificates;
• the general requirements of the use of cryptography for authentication and encryption.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.2] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 401 [9] for general policy requirements common to all classes of
TSP's services.
The present document includes provisions consistent with the requirements from the CA/Browser Forum in EVCG [4]
and BRG [6].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ISO/IEC 15408 (parts 1 to 3): "Information security, cybersecurity and privacy
protection — Evaluation criteria for IT security".
[2] ETSI EN 319 412-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 4: Certificate profile for web site certificates".
[3] ISO/IEC 19790:2012: "Information technology — Security techniques — Security requirements
for cryptographic modules".
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[4] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
[5] CA/Browser Forum (V1.8.6): "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[6] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[7] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open systems
interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[8] IETF RFC 5280: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) Profile".
[9] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[10] ETSI EN 319 412-2: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 2:
Certificate profile for certificates issued to natural persons".
[11] ETSI EN 319 412-3: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 3:
Certificate profile for certificates issued to legal persons".
[12] IETF RFC 6960: "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[13] FIPS PUB 140-2 (2001): "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules".
[14] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 1:
Overview and common data structures".
[15] ETSI TS 119 461: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service components providing identity proofing of trust service subjects".
[16] FIPS PUB 140-3 (2019): "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a
Community framework for electronic signatures.
[i.2] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.3] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.4] ISO 19005 (parts 1 to 3): "Document management — Electronic document file format for long-
term preservation".
[i.5] ETSI EN 319 411-2: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 2: Requirements for trust service
providers issuing EU qualified certificates".
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[i.6] ETSI TS 102 042: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing public key certificates".
[i.7] ISO/IEC 27002:2013: "Information technology — Security techniques — Code of practice for
information security management".
[i.8] ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation ITU-T X.800: "Data communications network — Open
systems interconnection — Security, structure and applications: Security architecture for open
systems interconnection for CCITT applications".
[i.9] TS 419261: "Security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates and
time-stamps", (produced by CEN).
[i.10] ETSI TS 119 312: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Cryptographic Suites".
[i.11] IETF RFC 5246: "The Transport Layer Security Protocol Version 1.2".
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.13] Void.
[i.14] Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on
electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and
repealing Directive 1999/93/EC.
[i.15] ETSI EN 319 421: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and Security
Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing Time-Stamps".
[i.16] TS 419221-2: "Protection Profiles for TSP cryptographic modules - Part 2: Cryptographic module
for CSP signing operations with backup", (produced by CEN).
[i.17] TS 419221-3: "Protection Profiles for TSP Cryptographic modules - Part 3: Cryptographic module
for CSP key generation services", (produced by CEN).
[i.18] TS 419221-4: "Protection Profiles for TSP cryptographic modules - Part 4: Cryptographic module
for CSP signing operations without backup", (produced by CEN).
[i.19] EN 419221-5: "Protection Profiles for TSP Cryptographic modules - Part 5: Cryptographic module
for Trust Services", (produced by CEN).
[i.20] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.21] ETSI TS 119 431-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers; Part 1: TSP service components operating a remote
QSCD / SCDev".
[i.22] ETSI TS 119 511:"Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers providing long-term preservation of digital signatures or
general data using digital signature techniques".
[i.23] IETF RFC 9608: "No Revocation Available for X.509 Public Key Certificates".
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3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [9] and the following apply:
auditor: person who assesses conformity to requirements as specified in given requirements documents
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.2].
certificate: public key of a user, together with some other information, rendered un-forgeable by encipherment with the
private key of the certification authority which issued it
NOTE 1: The term certificate is used for public key certificate within the present document.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certificate Policy (CP): named set of rules that indicates the applicability of a certificate to a particular community
and/or class of application with common security requirements
NOTE 1: See clause 4.2 for explanation of the relative role of certificate policies and certification practice
statement.
NOTE 2: This is a specific type of trust service policy as specified in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
NOTE 3: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certificate Revocation List (CRL): signed list indicating a set of certificates that have been revoked by the certificate
issuer
NOTE 1: Within the scope of the present document the set of certificates is related to end user certificates.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Authority (CA): authority trusted by one or more users to create and assign certificates
NOTE 1: A CA can be:
1) a trust service provider that creates and assigns public key certificates; or
2) a technical certificate generation service that is used by a certification service provider that creates
and assign public key certificates.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Authority Revocation List (CARL): revocation list containing a list of CA-certificates issued to
certification authorities that have been revoked by the certificate issuer
NOTE: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Practice Statement (CPS): statement of the practices which a Certification Authority employs in issuing
managing, revoking, and renewing or re-keying certificates
NOTE 1: See IETF RFC 3647 [i.3].
NOTE 2: This is a specific type of Trust Service practice statement as specified in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): As indicated in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
cross certificate: certificate that is used to establish a trust relationship between two certification authorities
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digital signature: data appended to, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit that allows a recipient of the data
unit to prove the source and integrity of the data unit and protect against forgery e.g. by the recipient
NOTE: See ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation ITU-T X.800 [i.8].
domain name: label assigned to a node in the Domain Name System
NOTE: See BRG [5].
Domain Validation Certificate (DVC): certificate which has no validated organizational identity information for the
subject, only identifying the subject by its domain name
EV certificate: See Extended Validation Certificate.
Extended Validation Certificate (EVC): As indicated in the EVCG [4].
high security zone: specific physical location of the security zone where the Root CA key is held
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 401 [9], clause 7.8.
Individual Validation Certificate (IVC): certificate that includes validated individual identity information for the
subject
Organizational Validation Certificate (OVC): certificate that includes validated organizational identity information
for the subject
Publicly-Trusted Certificate: certificate that is trusted by virtue of the fact that its corresponding Root Certificate is
distributed as a trust anchor in widely-available application software
Registration Authority (RA): entity that is responsible for identification and authentication of subjects of certificates
mainly
NOTE 1: An RA can assist in the certificate application process or revocation process or both.
NOTE 2: See IETF RFC 3647 [i.3].
registration officer: person responsible for verifying information that is necessary for certificate issuance and approval
of certification requests
revocation: permanent termination of the certificate's validity before the expiry date indicated in the certificate
revocation officer: person responsible for operating certificate status changes ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation
ITU-T X.800 [i.8]
root CA: certification authority which is at the highest level within TSP's domain and which is used to sign subordinate
CA(s)
NOTE 1: A Root CA certificate is generally self-signed but the Root-CA can also be certified by a (Root) CA from
another domain (e.g. cross-certification, Root-Signed in the context of a root-signing program, etc.).
NOTE 2: A Root CA can be used as the Trust Anchor for many applications (e.g. browsers) but nothing prevents
the TSP to present subordinate CAs for this purpose, according to the business context.
secure cryptographic device: device which holds the user's private key, protects this key against compromise and
performs signing or decryption functions on behalf of the user
secure zone: area (physical or logical) protected by physical and logical controls that appropriately protect the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the systems used by the TSP
short-term certificate: certificate whose validity period, i.e. the period of time from notBefore through notAfter,
inclusive, is shorter than the maximum time to process a revocation request as specified in the certificate practice
statement
NOTE: Validity period as defined by IETF RFC 5280 [8].
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subject: entity identified in a certificate as the holder of the private key associated with the public key given in the
certificate
NOTE: Relationship between subscriber and subject is described in clauses 5.4.2 and 6.3.5.
subordinate CA: certification authority whose Certificate is signed by the Root CA, or another Subordinate CA
NOTE: A subordinate CA normally either issues end user certificates or other subordinate CA certificates.
trust anchor: entity that is trusted by a relying party and used for validating certificates in certification paths
NOTE 1: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
NOTE 2: A Trust Anchor can also be a Root CA.
NOTE 3: Examples of trust anchors are as in a trusted list (ETSI TS 119 612 [i.12]) or a list of trusted
CA certificates distributed by an application software provider.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AIA Authority Information Access
BRG Baseline Requirements Guidelines
CA Certification Authority
CAB Forum CA/Browser Forum
CARL Certification Authority Revocation List
CP Certificate Policy
CPS Certification Practice Statement
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CSP Certification Service Provider
NOTE: The more general term Trust Service Provider is used in preference to CSP in the present document
except in relation to external references.
CSS Certificate Status Service
DIS DIssemination Services
DV Domain Validated
DVC Domain Validation Certificate
DVCP Domain Validation Certificate Policy
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
eID Electronic IDentity
EV Extended Validation
EVC Extended Validation Certificate
EVCG Extended Validation Certificate Guidelines
EVCP Extended Validation Certificate Policy
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
GEN Certificate Generation Services
IVC Individual Validation Certificate
IVCP Individual Validation Certificate Policy
LCP Lightweight Certificate Policy
NCP Normalized Certificate Policy
NCP+ Extended Normalized Certificate Policy
OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol
OID Object IDentifier
OV Organizational Validated
OVC Organizational Validation Certificate
OVCP Organizational Validation Certificate Policy
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OVR General Requirement
PDF/A Portable Document Format/Archive
PDS PKI Disclosure Statement
PIN Personal Identification Number
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
RA Registration Authority
REG Registration Services
REQ Requirement
REV Revocation Services
SDP Subject Device Provisioning
SSL Secure Socket Layer
TLS Transport Layer Security
TLS/SSL Transport Layer Security/Secure Socket Layer protocol
NOTE: IETF RFC 5246 [i.11] or earlier equivalent Secure Socket Layer protocol.
TSP Trust Service Provider
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
3.4 Notations
The requirements identified in the present document include:
a) requirements applicable to any CP. Such requirements are indicated by clauses without any additional
marking;
b) requirements applicable under certain conditions. Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by
"[CONDITIONAL]";
c) requirements that include several choices which ought to be selected according to the applicable situation.
Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by "[CHOICE]";
d) requirements applicable to the services offered under the applicable CP. Such requirements are indicated by
clauses marked by the applicable CP as follows"[LCP]", "[NCP]", "[NCP+]", "[EVCP]", "[OVCP]", "[IVCP]"
and "[DVCP]";
e) [WEB] tagged requirements are applicable to CPs for web-authentication certificates building on the present
document. These requirements are common to web-authentication certificates for general purpose. They relate
to common topics and refer to requirements in BRG [5]. Incorporating [WEB] requirements in a policy for
SSL/TLS certificates built on the present document does not necessarily require following the full and latest
version of BRG [6], but requires following the selected requirements from version of BRG as stated in the
normative reference [
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Zahteve politike in varnosti
za ponudnike storitev zaupanja, ki izdajajo digitalna potrdila - 1. del: Splošne
zahteve
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Policy and security requirements
for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates - Part 1: General requirements
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 411-1 V1.5.1 (2025-04)
ICS:
03.080.99 Druge storitve Other services
35.030 Informacijska varnost IT Security
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 1: General requirements
2 ETSI EN 319 411-1 V1.5.1 (2025-04)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-1v151
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, extended
validation certificate, public key, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
3.4 Notations . 13
4 General concepts . 14
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 14
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 14
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 14
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 14
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 16
4.3 Certification services . 16
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 17
5.1 General requirements . 17
5.2 Certification Practice Statement requirements . 18
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 19
5.4 PKI participants . 20
5.4.1 Certification Authority . 20
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 20
5.4.3 Others . 21
5.5 Certificate usage . 21
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 21
6.1 Publication and repository responsibilities . 21
6.2 Identification and authentication . 22
6.2.1 Naming . 22
6.2.2 Initial identity validation . 22
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 27
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 27
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle operational requirements . 28
6.3.1 Certificate application . 28
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 28
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 29
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 31
6.3.5 Key pair and certificate usage . 32
6.3.6 Certificate renewal . 34
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 34
6.3.8 Certificate modification . 35
6.3.9 Certificate revocation and suspension. 35
6.3.10 Certificate status services . 37
6.3.11 End of subscription . 38
6.3.12 Key escrow and recovery . 38
6.4 Facility, management, and operational controls . 38
6.4.1 General . 38
6.4.2 Physical security controls . 38
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6.4.3 Procedural controls . 39
6.4.4 Personnel controls . 39
6.4.5 Audit logging procedures . 39
6.4.6 Records archival . 40
6.4.7 Key changeover . 40
6.4.8 Compromise and disaster recovery . 41
6.4.9 Certification Authority or Registration Authority termination . 42
6.5 Technical security controls . 42
6.5.1 Key pair generation and installation . 42
6.5.2 Private key protection and cryptographic module engineering controls . 45
6.5.3 Other aspects of key pair management . 45
6.5.4 Activation data . 46
6.5.5 Computer security controls . 46
6.5.6 Life cycle security controls . 47
6.5.7 Network security controls . 47
6.5.8 Timestamping . 47
6.6 Certificate, CRL and OCSP profiles. 47
6.6.1 Certificate profile . 47
6.6.2 CRL profile . 48
6.6.3 OCSP profile . 48
6.7 Compliance audit and other assessment . 48
6.8 Other business and legal matters . 49
6.8.1 Fees . 49
6.8.2 Financial responsibility . 49
6.8.3 Confidentiality of business information . 49
6.8.4 Privacy of personal information. 49
6.8.5 Intellectual property rights . 49
6.8.6 Representations and warranties . 49
6.8.7 Disclaimers of warranties . 50
6.8.8 Limitations of liability . 50
6.8.9 Indemnities . 50
6.8.10 Term and termination. 50
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 50
6.8.12 Amendments . 50
6.8.13 Dispute resolution procedures. 50
6.8.14 Governing law . 50
6.8.15 Compliance with applicable law . 50
6.8.16 Miscellaneous provisions . 50
6.9 Other provisions . 50
6.9.1 Organizational . 50
6.9.2 Additional testing . 51
6.9.3 Disabilities . 51
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 51
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies . 52
7.1 Certificate policy management . 52
7.2 Additional requirements . 52
Annex A (informative): Model PKI disclosure statement . 53
A.1 Introduction . 53
A.2 The PDS structure . 53
A.3 The PDS format . 54
Annex B (informative): Conformity assessment checklist . 55
Annex C (informative): Bibliography . 56
Annex D (informative): Change history . 57
History . 60

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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates, as identified below:
ETSI EN 319 411-1: "General requirements";
ETSI EN 319 411-2: "Requirements for trust service providers issuing EU qualified certificates";
NOTE: Part 3 of this multi-part deliverable has been withdrawn.
ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Checklist supporting audit of TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2";
ETSI TS 119 411-5: "Implementation of qualified certificates for website authentication as in amended regulation
910/2014";
ETSI TS 119 411-6: "Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing publicly trusted S/MIME certificates".
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 102 042 [i.6].

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National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 24 March 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 June 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 December 2025
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 December 2025

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Electronic commerce, in its broadest sense, is a way of doing business and communicating across public and private
networks. An important requirement of electronic commerce is the ability to identify the originator and protect the
confidentiality of electronic exchanges. This is commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms which are
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority (CA).
For participants of electronic commerce to have confidence in the security of these cryptographic mechanisms they
need to have confidence that the TSP has properly established procedures and protective measure in order to minimize
the operational and financial threats and risks associated with public key cryptographic systems.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.14] and those from CA/Browser Forum, BRG [6].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can base their requirements on those specified in the present document and specify any additional requirements in a
manner similar to ETSI EN 319 411-2 [i.5], which builds on the present document requirements so as to benefit from
the use of generally accepted global best practices.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies generally applicable policy and security requirements for Trust Service Providers
(TSPs) issuing public key certificates, including trusted web site certificates.
The policy and security requirements are defined in terms of requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of certificates. These policy and security requirements support several reference certificate policies,
defined in clauses 4 and 5.
A framework for the definition of policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a specific context where
particular requirements apply is defined in clause 7.
The present document covers requirements for CA hierarchies, however this is limited to supporting the policies as
specified in the present document. It does not include requirements for root CAs and intermediate CAs for other
purposes.
The present document is applicable to:
• the general requirements of certification in support of cryptographic mechanisms, including digital signatures
for electronic signatures and seals;
• the general requirements of certification authorities issuing TLS/SSL certificates;
• the general requirements of the use of cryptography for authentication and encryption.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.2] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 401 [9] for general policy requirements common to all classes of
TSP's services.
The present document includes provisions consistent with the requirements from the CA/Browser Forum in EVCG [4]
and BRG [6].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ISO/IEC 15408 (parts 1 to 3): "Information security, cybersecurity and privacy
protection — Evaluation criteria for IT security".
[2] ETSI EN 319 412-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 4: Certificate profile for web site certificates".
[3] ISO/IEC 19790:2012: "Information technology — Security techniques — Security requirements
for cryptographic modules".
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[4] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
[5] CA/Browser Forum (V1.8.6): "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[6] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[7] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open systems
interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[8] IETF RFC 5280: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) Profile".
[9] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[10] ETSI EN 319 412-2: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 2:
Certificate profile for certificates issued to natural persons".
[11] ETSI EN 319 412-3: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 3:
Certificate profile for certificates issued to legal persons".
[12] IETF RFC 6960: "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[13] FIPS PUB 140-2 (2001): "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules".
[14] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 1:
Overview and common data structures".
[15] ETSI TS 119 461: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service components providing identity proofing of trust service subjects".
[16] FIPS PUB 140-3 (2019): "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a
Community framework for electronic signatures.
[i.2] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.3] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.4] ISO 19005 (parts 1 to 3): "Document management — Electronic document file format for long-
term preservation".
[i.5] ETSI EN 319 411-2: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 2: Requirements for trust service
providers issuing EU qualified certificates".
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[i.6] ETSI TS 102 042: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing public key certificates".
[i.7] ISO/IEC 27002:2013: "Information technology — Security techniques — Code of practice for
information security management".
[i.8] ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation ITU-T X.800: "Data communications network — Open
systems interconnection — Security, structure and applications: Security architecture for open
systems interconnection for CCITT applications".
[i.9] TS 419261: "Security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates and
time-stamps", (produced by CEN).
[i.10] ETSI TS 119 312: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Cryptographic Suites".
[i.11] IETF RFC 5246: "The Transport Layer Security Protocol Version 1.2".
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.13] Void.
[i.14] Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on
electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and
repealing Directive 1999/93/EC.
[i.15] ETSI EN 319 421: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and Security
Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing Time-Stamps".
[i.16] TS 419221-2: "Protection Profiles for TSP cryptographic modules - Part 2: Cryptographic module
for CSP signing operations with backup", (produced by CEN).
[i.17] TS 419221-3: "Protection Profiles for TSP Cryptographic modules - Part 3: Cryptographic module
for CSP key generation services", (produced by CEN).
[i.18] TS 419221-4: "Protection Profiles for TSP cryptographic modules - Part 4: Cryptographic module
for CSP signing operations without backup", (produced by CEN).
[i.19] EN 419221-5: "Protection Profiles for TSP Cryptographic modules - Part 5: Cryptographic module
for Trust Services", (produced by CEN).
[i.20] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.21] ETSI TS 119 431-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers; Part 1: TSP service components operating a remote
QSCD / SCDev".
[i.22] ETSI TS 119 511:"Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers providing long-term preservation of digital signatures or
general data using digital signature techniques".
[i.23] IETF RFC 9608: "No Revocation Available for X.509 Public Key Certificates".
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3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [9] and the following apply:
auditor: person who assesses conformity to requirements as specified in given requirements documents
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.2].
certificate: public key of a user, together with some other information, rendered un-forgeable by encipherment with the
private key of the certification authority which issued it
NOTE 1: The term certificate is used for public key certificate within the present document.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certificate Policy (CP): named set of rules that indicates the applicability of a certificate to a particular community
and/or class of application with common security requirements
NOTE 1: See clause 4.2 for explanation of the relative role of certificate policies and certification practice
statement.
NOTE 2: This is a specific type of trust service policy as specified in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
NOTE 3: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certificate Revocation List (CRL): signed list indicating a set of certificates that have been revoked by the certificate
issuer
NOTE 1: Within the scope of the present document the set of certificates is related to end user certificates.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Authority (CA): authority trusted by one or more users to create and assign certificates
NOTE 1: A CA can be:
1) a trust service provider that creates and assigns public key certificates; or
2) a technical certificate generation service that is used by a certification service provider that creates
and assign public key certificates.
NOTE 2: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Authority Revocation List (CARL): revocation list containing a list of CA-certificates issued to
certification authorities that have been revoked by the certificate issuer
NOTE: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
Certification Practice Statement (CPS): statement of the practices which a Certification Authority employs in issuing
managing, revoking, and renewing or re-keying certificates
NOTE 1: See IETF RFC 3647 [i.3].
NOTE 2: This is a specific type of Trust Service practice statement as specified in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): As indicated in ETSI EN 319 401 [9].
cross certificate: certificate that is used to establish a trust relationship between two certification authorities
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digital signature: data appended to, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit that allows a recipient of the data
unit to prove the source and integrity of the data unit and protect against forgery e.g. by the recipient
NOTE: See ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation ITU-T X.800 [i.8].
domain name: label assigned to a node in the Domain Name System
NOTE: See BRG [5].
Domain Validation Certificate (DVC): certificate which has no validated organizational identity information for the
subject, only identifying the subject by its domain name
EV certificate: See Extended Validation Certificate.
Extended Validation Certificate (EVC): As indicated in the EVCG [4].
high security zone: specific physical location of the security zone where the Root CA key is held
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 401 [9], clause 7.8.
Individual Validation Certificate (IVC): certificate that includes validated individual identity information for the
subject
Organizational Validation Certificate (OVC): certificate that includes validated organizational identity information
for the subject
Publicly-Trusted Certificate: certificate that is trusted by virtue of the fact that its corresponding Root Certificate is
distributed as a trust anchor in widely-available application software
Registration Authority (RA): entity that is responsible for identification and authentication of subjects of certificates
mainly
NOTE 1: An RA can assist in the certificate application process or revocation process or both.
NOTE 2: See IETF RFC 3647 [i.3].
registration officer: person responsible for verifying information that is necessary for certificate issuance and approval
of certification requests
revocation: permanent termination of the certificate's validity before the expiry date indicated in the certificate
revocation officer: person responsible for operating certificate status changes ISO/IEC 7498-2/Recommendation
ITU-T X.800 [i.8]
root CA: certification authority which is at the highest level within TSP's domain and which is used to sign subordinate
CA(s)
NOTE 1: A Root CA certificate is generally self-signed but the Root-CA can also be certified by a (Root) CA from
another domain (e.g. cross-certification, Root-Signed in the context of a root-signing program, etc.).
NOTE 2: A Root CA can be used as the Trust Anchor for many applications (e.g. browsers) but nothing prevents
the TSP to present subordinate CAs for this purpose, according to the business context.
secure cryptographic device: device which holds the user's private key, protects this key against compromise and
performs signing or decryption functions on behalf of the user
secure zone: area (physical or logical) protected by physical and logical controls that appropriately protect the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the systems used by the TSP
short-term certificate: certificate whose validity period, i.e. the period of time from notBefore through notAfter,
inclusive, is shorter than the maximum time to process a revocation request as specified in the certificate practice
statement
NOTE: Validity period as defined by IETF RFC 5280 [8].
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subject: entity identified in a certificate as the holder of the private key associated with the public key given in the
certificate
NOTE: Relationship between subscriber and subject is described in clauses 5.4.2 and 6.3.5.
subordinate CA: certification authority whose Certificate is signed by the Root CA, or another Subordinate CA
NOTE: A subordinate CA normally either issues end user certificates or other subordinate CA certificates.
trust anchor: entity that is trusted by a relying party and used for validating certificates in certification paths
NOTE 1: See ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509 [7].
NOTE 2: A Trust Anchor can also be a Root CA.
NOTE 3: Examples of trust anchors are as in a trusted list (ETSI TS 119 612 [i.12]) or a list of trusted
CA certificates distributed by an application software provider.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AIA Authority Information Access
BRG Baseline Requirements Guidelines
CA Certification Authority
CAB Forum CA/Browser Forum
CARL Certification Authority Revocation List
CP Certificate Policy
CPS Certification Practice Statement
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CSP Certification Service Provider
NOTE: The more general term Trust Service Provider is used in preference to CSP in the present document
except in relation to external references.
CSS Certificate Status Service
DIS DIssemination Services
DV Domain Validated
DVC Domain Validation Certificate
DVCP Domain Validation Certificate Policy
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
eID Electronic IDentity
EV Extended Validation
EVC Extended Validation Certificate
EVCG Extended Validation Certificate Guidelines
EVCP Extended Validation Certificate Policy
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
GEN Certificate Generation Services
IVC Individual Validation Certificate
IVCP Individual Validation Certificate Policy
LCP Lightweight Certificate Policy
NCP Normalized Certificate Policy
NCP+ Extended Normalized Certificate Policy
OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol
OID Object IDentifier
OV Organizational Validated
OVC Organizational Validation Certificate
OVCP Organizational Validation Certificate Policy
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OVR General Requirement
PDF/A Portable Document Format/Archive
PDS PKI Disclosure Statement
PIN Personal Identification Number
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
RA Registration Authority
REG Registration Services
REQ Requirement
REV Revocation Services
SDP Subject Device Provisioning
SSL Secure Socket Layer
TLS Transport Layer Security
TLS/SSL Transport Layer Security/Secure Socket Layer protocol
NOTE: IETF RFC 5246 [i.11] or earlier equivalent Secure Socket Layer protocol.
TSP Trus
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