PKI Certification Practices Statement (CPS) Describes Time-Stamp Clock Synchronization, v1.0

Addresses requirements for organizations' PKI Certificate Practices Statements to describe clock synchronization for time-stamping of records.
If an assessment step references organization-defined elements (E.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), corresponding citations/excerpts must be provided to confirm that the organization has established and documented these values and that they apply as referenced in the conformance criteria.

Similarly, if a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed; ]) is specified, evidence must be provided to establish that the option(s) implemented by the organization have been defined and documented.

The assessment step shall not be marked as satisfied without this evidence.

Assessment Step

1
PKI Certification Practices Statement (CPS) Describes Time-Stamp Clock Synchronization (PKICertificationPracticesStatementCPSDescribesTime-StampClockSynchronization)
Does the organization's PKI Certification Practices Statement describe how system clocks are used for time-stamping and maintained in synchrony with an authoritative time standard?
Artifact
A1
Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) that support the assessor's response to this assessment step.
If conformance criteria reference organization-defined elements (e.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), these values must be defined and documented by the organization.

Similarly, if the criteria specify a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed; ]), the option(s) implemented by the organization must also be defined and documented.

Conformance Criteria (1)

C1
The CPS shall describe how system clocks used for time-stamping are maintained in synchrony with an authoritative time standard.
Citation
FBCA-CP
Section 5.5.5.