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Updates 2015

Draft Special Publication 800-57 Part 1 Revision 4, Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1: General is available for public comment
September 10, 2015

NIST requests comments on a revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-57, Part 1, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1 (Rev. 4). This Recommendation provides general guidance and best practices for the management of cryptographic keying material. A list of changes is provided in Appendix D of the document. Please send comments to keymanagement@nist.gov.  The comment period closed October 31, 2015. 

Link to Draft SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 (PDF)
Link to the Mark-up Copy of this Draft (from Rev. 3 to Rev. 4) (PDF)

Parent Project

See: Key Management
Created December 21, 2016, Updated June 22, 2020