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 →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 addresses requirements of network-based applications accessed by service provider customers.
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 →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 →Questions people ask about key rotation
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