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NIST SP 800-57 Part 1

Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1: General

Date Published: August 2005

Supersedes: FIPS 171 (04/27/1992)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), William Barker (NIST), William Burr (NIST), W. Polk (NIST), Miles Smid (Orion Security Solutions)

Abstract

Keywords

assurances; authentication; authorization; availability; backup; compromise; confidentiality; cryptanalysis; cryptographic key; cryptographic module; digital signature; hash function; key agreement; key management; key management policy; key recovery; key transport; originator usage period; private key; public key; recipient usage period; secret key; split knowledge; trust anchor
Control Families

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