> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cryptarium.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Correlation

> How cryptarium links dependency, source, certificate, and configuration evidence into one finding picture.

# Correlation

Correlation joins findings from different detectors that describe the same cryptographic use.

**Why this matters:** Four disconnected lists force humans to reconstruct relationships by hand. A correlated finding is actionable: the library, the call site that uses it, the key or certificate it produces, and the configuration that exposes it.

## How to read a correlated finding

Typical links:

* A **dependency** finding (crypto library in a lockfile) plus a **source** finding (call into that library)
* A **source** key-generation site plus a **certificate** artifact that embeds the resulting public key
* A **configuration** cipher-suite setting plus the **source** or **dependency** TLS stack that enforces it

Correlation raises confidence when independent evidence agrees. It does not invent primitives or reclassify quantum exposure — classification stays in the classifier stage.

## Related

* [Four evidence sources](/concepts/evidence-sources)
* [Confidence & unknown](/concepts/confidence)
* [Risk scoring](/concepts/scoring)