Crypto Agility
What is Crypto Agility?
The ability of a system to quickly transition between different cryptographic algorithms and protocols in response to new threats or requirements.
Terms that appear alongside crypto agility
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as crypto agility. The number is how many controls name both.
- key management 4 shared controls
- nist 4 shared controls
- owasp 4 shared controls
- fips 3 shared controls
- tls 3 shared controls
- zero trust 3 shared controls
- generative ai 2 shared controls
- sub processor 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on crypto agility
Requirements naming crypto agility across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Architect cryptographic agility per NIST SP 1800-38 + ISO/IEC 24759 covering: pluggable cryptographic providers + algorithm abstraction layers + key lifecycle management + protocol negotiation (TLS 1.3 PQC hybrid drafts + IETF LAMPS WG) + KMIP + PKCS#11 + HSM...
PQC-6 · Crypto-Agility Architecture and Hybrid Composite Mode Strategy →HKMA TM-G-1 Information Security Programme. Comprehensive technical + administrative + physical security controls. (1) INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMME (TM-G-1.6.1) - documented + Board-approved information security programme + governance + roles + ISMS-style al...
HKMA-TMG1-InfoSec-Access-PAM-Network-Crypto-DLP-Endpoint · TM-G-1 Information Security Programme + Access + PAM + Network + Crypto + DLP + Vulnerability + Endpoint →Per OWASP ASVS V6: implement secure stored cryptography. Requirements include (a) classify data + apply appropriate cryptographic protection per classification + (b) use industry-vetted algorithms + key sizes + modes + libraries (AES-GCM + ChaCha20-Poly1305 +...
OWASPASVS-6 · Stored Cryptography (V6) →Cryptographic algorithms and primitives can be replaced (crypto-agility); changing them is treated as a security-relevant change, and a non-updateable device's intended life should not exceed the recommended lifetime of its algorithms and key sizes.
etsi-en-303-645::Provision 5.5-3 · Cryptographic algorithms and primitives replaceable →Security Dimensions 4 and 5 per X.805 Clauses 6.4 and 6.5 are closely related: (1) Data Confidentiality (Dim 4) protects data from unauthorized disclosure - so that anyone without authorization is unable to make sense of the content.
X805-Dim4-5-Data-Confidentiality-Communication-Security-Encryption-Information-Flow-Protection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimensions 4-5 - Data Confidentiality + Communication Security + Encryption At-Rest + In-Transit + In-Use + Information Flow Protection + Steered Communication + Anti-Tap + Anti-Eavesdrop + Post-Quantum Cryptography →Kuwait NCF Protect function (Data). Data Protection and Encryption aligned with NIST SP 800-53 SC family + ISO 27001 A.10 cryptography + A.13 communications security + KDPPR CITRA data protection coordination.
KNCF-Protect-Data-Encryption-Classification-Cryptography-Key-Management-DLP-PKI-Quantum-Resistant · Kuwait NCF Protect + Data + Encryption + Classification + Cryptography + Key Management + DLP →Questions people ask about crypto agility
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