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Key Distribution Center

nounid 3067·updated May 9, 2026
verified

COMSEC facility generating and distributing key in electronic form.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
3.2.2 ¶ 102

Classifications

Entity Type

System85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
KDC
plural
Key Distribution Centers
possessive
Key Distribution Center's
pluralpossessive
Key Distribution Centers'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
COMSEC facility generating and distributing key in electronic form.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
COMSEC facility generating and distributing key in electronic form.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
COMSEC facility generating and distributing key in electronic form.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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