Credential Security
Credential Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects identity and access evidence throughout creation, storage, transmission, use, recovery, rotation,…
Glossary terms starting with C
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Credential Service Provider (CSP)
A Credential Service Provider (CSP) is an entity or system that establishes a subscriber account, verifies or receives identity evidence as required,…
Credential Store
Credential Store is a protected system used to store, retrieve, rotate, and control access to passwords, API keys, tokens, certificates, signing material,…
Credential Stuffing
Credential Stuffing is a fraud or abuse pattern that automatically tests username and password pairs stolen from other services against new accounts…
Credential Theft
Credential theft is the deliberate acquisition of passwords, keys, tokens, session data, or recovery factors for unauthorized access or impersonation. Credential Theft…
Credential Vault
A credential vault securely stores and controls access to sensitive secrets, often providing encryption, rotation, auditing, and temporary retrieval. A credential vault…
Credential-on-File
A credential-on-file is payment information stored by a merchant or provider for later transactions authorized under an agreed customer relationship. Credential-on-file refers…
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the possibility of financial loss because a borrower, issuer, customer, or counterparty fails to meet payment obligations. Decision-makers use…
Credit Token
A credit token is a token that represents a credit balance, lending claim, borrowing capacity, or right to receive value under a…
Critical Incident
A critical incident is a severe event requiring immediate coordinated response because it threatens essential services, assets, people, compliance, or organizational survival.…
Cross-Asset Crypto Settlement
Cross-asset crypto settlement occurs when the asset used by the payer differs from the asset ultimately credited to the recipient or merchant.…
Cross-Border Commerce
Cross-border commerce is the sale of goods, services, or digital access where the merchant, customer, delivery location, payment route, or settlement context…
Cross-Border Conversion Rate
Cross-border conversion rate is the percentage of eligible international or foreign-market journeys that reach a defined commercial outcome. The metric can use…
Cross-Border Crypto Payment
A Cross-Border Crypto Payment is a transfer in which the payer and payee, their payment providers, or the settlement systems are located…
Cross-Border Fee
A cross-border fee is a charge associated with processing, converting, settling, delivering, or otherwise supporting a transaction across countries or currency areas.…
Cross-Border Settlement
Cross-border settlement completes payment obligations between parties, accounts, or institutions located in different countries or legal jurisdictions. It can involve correspondent banks,…
Cross-Border Stablecoin Payment
Cross-Border Stablecoin Payment is a stablecoin payment in which payer and recipient, business entities, or economic activity span different countries or currency…
Cross-Border Supplier Payment
Cross-Border Supplier Payment is a payment made by a business to a supplier in another country, using cryptocurrency or stablecoins as the…
Cross-Chain Asset
A cross-chain asset is a token or value representation designed to exist, move, or remain economically linked across multiple blockchain networks. Equivalent…
Cross-Chain Bridge
A cross-chain bridge transfers assets or messages between blockchains using custody, validators, light clients, proofs, liquidity providers, or combined mechanisms. Trust models…
Cross-Chain Call
A cross-chain call requests execution of a function on one blockchain based on a message or event originating from another blockchain. The…
Cross-Chain Communication
Cross-chain communication is the exchange of authenticated data, commands, acknowledgments, or state proofs between otherwise independent blockchain networks. Communication is broader than…
Cross-Chain Composability
Cross-chain composability lets applications combine contracts, assets, and state from multiple blockchains into coordinated user workflows or financial products. Unlike same-chain contract…
Cross-Chain Confirmation
A cross-chain confirmation verifies that a source event has enough finality and that its corresponding message or action succeeded on the destination.…