For example, an authorization certificate issued for Alice authorizes her to use a particular service.

When the associated attributes are mainly used for authorization purpose, AC is called authorization certificate.

Naor and Nissim describe another application, for maintaining authorization certificates in public-key cryptosystems.

The SPKI specification defines an authorization certificate format, providing for the delineation of privileges, rights or other such attributes (called authorizations) and binding them to a public key.

A Java KeyStore (JKS) is a repository of security certificates, either authorization certificates or public key certificates - used for instance in SSL encryption.

FTPS includes full support for the TLS and SSL cryptographic protocols, including the use of server-side public key authentication certificates and client-side authorization certificates.

The company bases its activities on the European Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) - high quality assurance standards that guarantee consistency in creating, manufacturing, investigating preparations so that they would correspond to their purpose, the requirements of the marketing authorization certificate and of the specifications.