Date Published: April 2018
Comments Due: May 31, 2018 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: keymanagement@nist.gov
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NIST announces the release of a draft revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-57 Part 2, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management Organization. General guidance and best practices for the management of cryptographic keying material were introduced in Part 1 of SP 800-57. Part 2 introduces key management concepts that must be addressed in key management policies, practice statements and planning documents by any organization that uses cryptography to protect its information; provides guidance for the development of organizational key management policy statements and key management practices statements; and identifies key management information that needs to be documented for all federal applications of cryptography. Appendices provide examples of key management infrastructures and supplemental documentation and planning materials.
The revisions are listed in the final appendix.
Access Control; Audit and Accountability; Contingency Planning; Media Protection; Planning; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity
Publication:
Draft SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1
Supplemental Material:
None available
Other Parts of this Publication:
SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4
SP 800-57 Part 3 Rev. 1
Document History:
04/06/18: SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1 (Draft)
11/20/18: SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1 (Draft)
05/23/19: SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1 (Final)
Security and Privacy
authentication; digital signatures; key management; planning; public key infrastructure