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attestation report

attestation report

7.5
A digital document signed by a device that shows its hardware or software state to another computer that checks it
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : informe de atestación
  • The cloud provider issued an attestation report confirming the VM's measured boot and patch level.

Examples

  • Before onboarding, customers request attestation reports to verify that servers run approved firmware.

  • The security team automated attestation report generation each time a device completed a secure boot.

  • The device generated an attestation report for verification.

  • Can you provide the latest attestation report?

  • The cloud provider issued an attestation report confirming the VM's measured boot and patch level.

  • Before onboarding, customers request attestation reports to verify that servers run approved firmware.

  • The security team automated attestation report generation each time a device completed a secure boot.

Synonyms

attestation
vsattestation report
  • Specialized
8.1

A digitally signed statement from a trusted authority that shows a device's state

is the concrete cryptographic document produced by hardware that reports measured state

How Trustworthy

attestation report
  • Specialized
7.5
attestation
  • Specialized
8.1
log
429 3.1
report
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

attestation report singular
attestation reports plural

Morphology

attestation + report

The meaning is directly compositional: an 'attestation' is a statement that certifies or proves something, and a 'report' is a formal account, so an 'attestation report' is simply a report that attests or certifies a system state. Although the concept is technical, the noun+noun combination follows ordinary English composition and is immediately understandable to a learner who already knows both constituent meanings.

Etymology

Attestation report in computing uses the same idea: attest means 'to say something is true' while report is a written note. Imagine a locked device sending a sealed, signed note that 'proves' what software or settings it has. That is why the phrase means a digital document that proves a device's state to another system.