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key recovery

Definitions:

  A function in the lifecycle of keying material; mechanisms and processes that allow authorized entities to retrieve or reconstruct keying material from key backup or archive.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015

  Mechanisms and processes that allow authorized entities to retrieve or reconstruct keys and other key information from key backups or archives.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Key recovery

  A function in the lifecycle of a cryptographic key; mechanisms and processes that allow authorized entities to retrieve or reconstruct the key from key backups or archives.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Key recovery