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RA - registration authority (a computer system mechanism within a public key infrastructure which verifies an individual's identity and forwards the request to the certificate authority (CA))

RMF - risk management framework (approach to risk assessment developed by the National Institute of Standards (NIST))

RSA - Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (public key encryption algorithm named for its inventors Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman, developed at MIT in 1977/1978)

RSA - Computer security company formed by and named for the creators of the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) encryption algorithm - Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman - which focuses on enterprise-level security systems

RSA Archer Certified Associate - certification offered by the RSA company for proficiency, at a basic level, in the Archer Suite of security services which focus on management oversight of enterprise systems, including risk analysis and management and organizational communication

RSA Archer Certified Professional - certification offered by the RSA company for proficiency, at an advanced level, in the Archer Suite of security services which focus on management oversight of enterprise systems, including risk analysis and management and organizational communication

RSA NetWitness Certified Associate - certification offered by the RSA company for proficiency, at a basic level, with the NetWitness Platform of security services primarily focusing on threat detection and response capabilities, in areas such as system intrusions, log monitoring, network traffic analysis, and overall security operations center maintenance.

RSA NetWitness Certified Specialist - Administrator - certification offered by the RSA company for proficiency, at the administrative level, with the NetWitness Platform of security services, primarily focusing on the managerial skills/responsibilities of a security operations center - threat detection and response capabilities, in areas such as system intrusions, log monitoring, and network traffic analysis.

RSA NetWitness Certified Specialist - Analyst - certification offered by the RSA company for familiarity, at a technical level, with the NetWitness Platform of security services, primarily focusing on the analytical skills/responsibilities required for a security operations center - an understanding of threat detection and response capabilities, interpretation/analysis of system intrusions, log monitoring, and network traffic.

RSA SecurID Access Certified Associate - certification offered by the RSA company for familiarity, at a basic level, with the SecurID suite of services relating to enterprise user access and control, user authentication, access set-up requests, and overall management of system access.

RSA SecurID Access Certified Professional - certification offered by the RSA company for familiarity, at an advanced level, with the SecurID suite of services relating to enterprise user access and control, user authentication, access set-up requests, and overall management of system access.

RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle Certified Associate - certification offered by the RSA company for familiarity, at a basic level, with enterprise-level concepts of identity governance, development, and the identity lifecycle process.

RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle Certified Professional - certification offered by the RSA company for familiarity, at an advanced level, with enterprise-level concepts of identity governance, development, and the identity lifecycle process.