What is the difference between a Compliance CSID and a Production CSID?
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The Compliance CSID is an intermediate certificate used during onboarding, while the Production CSID is used for the live production environment.
After the taxpayer's EGS submits its Certificate Signing Request, ZATCA provides a Compliance CSID. The EGS then completes the required compliance checks. Once the onboarding requirements are successfully completed, the EGS can obtain its Production CSID.
The Production CSID is subsequently used to authenticate the EGS when communicating with ZATCA's production environment.
In other words, the Compliance CSID is part of the onboarding and compliance-testing stage, while the Production CSID is the credential used for live production integration.
Key points
- Compliance CSID = intermediate onboarding credential.
- Production CSID = live production credential.
- Compliance checks are performed using the Compliance CSID.
- The Production CSID is issued after successful completion of the required process.
- A taxpayer's EGS uses the Production CSID for production communication with ZATCA.
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