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Key management archive

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Definition(s):

  Noun: See Archive facility.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-152 under Archive

  Verb: To place a cryptographic key and/or metadata into long-term storage that will be maintained even if the storage technology changes.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-152 under Archive

  Long-term, physically separate storage.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-32 under Archive

  1. To place information into long-term storage.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded] under Archive

  2. A location or media used for long-term storage.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded] under Archive

  See Key management archive.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 [Superseded] under Archive
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Archive

  1. To place information into long-term storage. 2. A locat ion or media ussed for long-term storage.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Archive

  To place information into long-term storage. Also, see Key management archive.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded] under Archive

  A function in the lifecycle of keying material; a repository for the long- term storage of keying material.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]