gh the use of the actor&#8217;s unique credentials and ensures that the provenance data remains cryptographically bound to the newly created or updated asset.</p>
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<p>To enable consumers to make informed decisions about the provenance of an asset, and prevent unknown attackers from impersonating others, it is critical that each application and ecosystem reliably identify the actor to whom a signing credential is issued. This is accomplished through the use of a <em>certificatio