A comprehensive and precisely defined sequence of steps or procedural rules used to produce cipher text from plain text and vice versa.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022
from
CNSSI 4005 - adapted
The embodiment of one (or more) cryptographic algorithm(s) along with alarms, checks, and other processes essential to effective and secure performance of the cryptographic process(es).
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022