Key Rotation
What is Key Rotation?
The practice of periodically replacing cryptographic keys with new ones to limit the amount of data encrypted with any single key.
Terms that appear alongside key rotation
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as key rotation. The number is how many controls name both.
- tls 5 shared controls
- encryption 4 shared controls
- key management 4 shared controls
- ipsec 4 shared controls
- fips 3 shared controls
- authentication 2 shared controls
- post quantum cryptography 2 shared controls
- confidential computing 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern key rotation
What the standards actually require on key rotation
Requirements naming key rotation across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Rotate keys on the cryptoperiod calculated for them, accounting for the risk of information disclosure and any legal or regulatory requirement.
CCM-CEK-12 · Key Rotation →Cryptographic keys are rotated according to the calculated cryptoperiod, which takes account of the risk of information disclosure and of legal and regulatory requirements.
cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::CEK-12 · Key Rotation →Operate Third Party Provider onboarding + directory integration + due diligence per national scheme + applicable regulation. Third Party Provider Onboarding must (a) verify TPP authorisation status via national directory (UK OBIE Directory + EU eIDAS + Brazil...
OPENBANK-4 · Third Party Provider (TPP) Onboarding, Directory Integration, Due Diligence →ISMAP Data Protection establishes comprehensive data lifecycle controls. (1) Data Classification: customer government data must be classified per Japanese government data classification scheme + including (a) General + (b) Sensitive + (c) Confidential + (d) St...
ISMAP-DataProtection-Classification-Encryption-DataResidencyJapan-Backup-SecureDeletion-Cryptography-FIPS · ISMAP Data Protection - Data Classification + AES-256 Encryption At Rest + TLS 1.3 In Transit + Data Residency Japan + Backup + Secure Deletion + Cryptography per FIPS 140-3 + CRYPTREC + KMS HSM →Security Layer 3 Applications per X.805 Clause 7.3: The Applications Security Layer covers what is required of the applications that service provider customers reach over the network.
X805-Layer3-Applications-Security-Email-Web-Directory-File-Transfer-E-Commerce-Video · ITU-T X.805 Security Layer 3 - Applications Security + Email + Web + Directory + File Transfer + E-Commerce + Video Conferencing + IM + Office Collaboration + SaaS + B2B EDI + Mobile Apps + APIs →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 key rotation
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