Encryption Key
What is Encryption Key?
A string of bits used by a cryptographic algorithm to transform plaintext into ciphertext (encryption) or ciphertext back into plaintext (decryption).
Terms that appear alongside encryption key
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as encryption key. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 11 shared controls
- key management 8 shared controls
- fips 4 shared controls
- data at rest 3 shared controls
- tls 3 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- ipsec 3 shared controls
- data in transit 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on encryption key
Requirements naming encryption key across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
If disk-level or partition-level encryption is used, cryptographic keys are managed in accordance with Requirements 3.6 and 3.7.
3.5.1.3 · Disk-level encryption key management →Apply Section 5.3 cryptography including: encryption of data at rest (AES-256 + FIPS 140-3 validated modules + full disk encryption + file-level encryption + database encryption) + data in transit (TLS 1.3 + IPsec + SSH 2.0 + S/MIME + PGP) + key management per...
NISTSP123-4 · Server Cryptography - Encryption, Key Management, Certificates →Apply Section 7 encryption and key management in cloud including: data at rest (provider-managed encryption + customer-managed encryption keys CMEK + Bring Your Own Key BYOK + Hold Your Own Key HYOK) + data in transit (TLS 1.3 + IPsec + mTLS) + data in use (co...
NISTSP144-4 · Encryption, Key Management, and BYOK →Manage cryptographic keys used for TT&C, payload data and ground links across generation, distribution, rotation and revocation.
SISAC-17 · Encryption Key Lifecycle for Space Systems →ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure controls cover the underlying compute + network + storage + management plane. (1) Virtual Network Segmentation: VPC Virtual Private Cloud isolation + subnets + security groups + NACLs + microsegmentation + service mesh (Istio + Linke...
ISMAP-CloudInfrastructure-NetworkSegmentation-Container-Serverless-WorkloadProtection-Hardening-ConfigManagement · ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure - VPC Network Segmentation + Container/Serverless Security + Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP) + Image/Template Hardening + CIS Benchmarks + Configuration Management + IaC →ITAR technical data + defense services + Deemed Export Rule require careful management of foreign person access to controlled information regardless of physical location.
ITAR-TechnicalData-DefenseServices-DeemedExport-ForeignPerson-Access-USPersons-FOC-AUKUS-Exemptions · ITAR Technical Data + Defense Services + Deemed Export Rule + Foreign Person Access + US Persons Only + FOCI Foreign Ownership Control Influence + AUKUS Pillar 2 Exemptions + DD-2345 MCTL →Questions people ask about encryption key
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