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NIST SP 800-133

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

Date Published: December 2012

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Allen Roginsky (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

key replacement; key transport; key update; key wrapping; private key; public key; key agreement; symmetric key; asymmetric key; key generation; key derivation
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-133
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
SP 800-133 (EPUB) (epub)
Press Release

Document History:
12/21/12: SP 800-133 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

key management