Key Management

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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The activities involving the handling of cryptographic keys and other related security parameters (e.g., IVs and passwords) during the entire life cycle of the keys, including their generation, storage, establishment, entry and output, and zeroization.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Key Managements
possessive: Key Management's
pluralpossessive: Key Managements'

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