CSP Certificate Authority is a robust, private-trust CA solution designed for enterprises aiming to establish and maintain a secure, scalable, and efficient Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Built-in with a 2-tier PKI hierarchy, this on-premises CA provides seamless certificate issuance and management, ensuring full control over your organization's cryptographic ecosystem.

When deployed on Cryptographic Security Platform, this Entrust solution adds the following to the Base installation integration report.

CSP Certificate Authority releases

CSP Certificate Authority has the following releases.

Version

Installation

Upgrade Method

1.0

First commercial release.

Hardware secure modules supported by CSP Certificate Authority

When integrating a Hardware Security Module (HSM):

  • You do not need to install the client drivers because the solution already includes this software. However, these client drivers cannot be updated.
  • You can only use 1/N card sets. A card set of, for example, 2/5 cards is not supported.
  • Changing the settings of an Entrust nShield HSM requires the steps described in Administrating nShield HSM integration.

 See the following table for supported versions.

Hardware

Client driver

Firmware

Entrust NShield Connect XC

13.6.3

12.60.15 & 12.60.2

Entrust NShield 5c

13.6.3

13.2.4

Entrust products compatible with CSP Certificate Authority

CSP Certificate Authority 2.1.0 is compatible with the following Entrust products.

Entrust product

Version

Product integration report

CA Gateway (embedded)

3.0.3

CSP CA Gateway integration report

CSP Certificate Manager

4.0.3

CSP Certificate Manager integration report

CSP Enrollment Services

2.1.0

CSP Enrollment Services integration report

Databases supported by CSP Certificate Authority

CSP Certificate Authority is tested with the following external databases.

Database vendor

Version

PostgreSQL

15.6