Patent ID: 8868928

Claim:
A method for issuing a digital cryptographic certificate, comprising: digitally describing on the cryptographic certificate: at least one first prerequisite condition, wherein the at least one first prerequisite condition comprises membership in at least one first prerequisite group of entities; at least one first prerequisite to-the-group stakeholder which permits membership in the at least one first prerequisite group of entities; at least one second prerequisite condition, wherein the at least one second prerequisite condition comprises membership in at least one second prerequisite group of entities; and at least one second prerequisite to-the-group stakeholder which permits membership in the at least one second prerequisite group of entities; and digitally signing, using one or more hardware computing elements: the cryptographic certificate by the at least one first prerequisite from-the-group stakeholder which approves use of the membership in the at least one first prerequisite group permitted by the at least one first prerequisite to-the-group stakeholder for making a decision; and the cryptographic certificate by at least one first prerequisite from-the-group stakeholder which approves use of the membership in the at least one second prerequisite group permitted by the at least one second prerequisite to-the-group stakeholder for making a decision; wherein the digitally signing authorizes the use of the membership as a condition for making the decision.