Validation Authority is an on-premises solution for checking the validity status of issued certificates before their expiration date. When deployed on Cryptographic Security Platform, this Entrust solution adds the following to the Base installation integration report.

Certificate Authorities supported by Validation Authority

Entrust CA is currently the only issuing Certificate Authority supported by Validation Authority. 

Hardware secure modules supported by Validation Authority

Validation Authority supports the following Hardware Secure Modules (HSM).

General considerations:

• 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.

• On high-availability installations with a cluster of several HSMs:

  • You cannot use HSMs from different providers simultaneously, meaning that nShield and Thales HSMs cannot coexist within the same deployment.
  • Entrust Validation Authority may experience the Thales TCT limitations described in the Thales TCT Universal Client Plugin Additional Information technical note dated May 28, 2025.
  • Solutions using the HSMs must be redeployed after any loss of connection with the HSMs, such as after an HSM reboot.

Signature key generation algorithms supported by Validation Authority

Validation Authority supports the following algorithms for generating the OCSP response signing key.

Database management systems supported by Validation Authority

Cryptographic Security Platform solutions support the following database management systems (DBMS).

Validation Authority supports the following Database Management Systems (DBMS).