Certification Practice Statement

Definition
A Certification Practice Statement is a statement of the practices that a Certification authority employs in issuing, suspending, revoking and renewing certificates and providing access to them, in accordance with specific requirements (i.e., requirements specified in this Certification policy, or requirements specified in a contract for services).

Source

 * NIST, Introduction to Public Key Technology and the Federal PKI Infrastructure (NIST Special Publication 800-32), Glossary, at 47 (Feb. 26, 2001) (full-text).