cryptographic key management information
163577·updated Sep 1, 2026This phrase is compositional rather than a term of art. It is a descriptive noun phrase combining "cryptographic key management" (the discipline governing the lifecycle of cryptographic keys) with "information" (the data involved in or produced by that discipline). NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 frames this domain as covering cryptographic keying material together with "other cryptographic information" requiring protection, and the functions and issues involved in managing it — but the combined phrase "cryptographic key management information" is not defined as a standalone entry. NIST's CSRC describes the scope of its Cryptographic Key Management Systems publications as addressing "the policies, procedures, components and devices that are used to protect, manage and establish keys and associated information (metadata)" — using "associated information" or "metadata" rather than coining the longer phrase as a term. No authoritative source (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a regulator) treats it as a defined vocabulary item with a fixed, bounded meaning.
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- Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 - General
- Cryptographic Key Management Systems - Key Management | CSRC | CSRC
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This is a compositional phrase, not a term of art with a meaning beyond its component words. It refers, according to context, to the body of data (metadata, policies, records, and operational details) that surrounds and governs the lifecycle of cryptographic keys — as opposed to the keys themselves. NIST's CKMS project describes this scope as "policies, procedures, components and devices that are used to protect, manage and establish keys and associated information (metadata)." NIST SP 800-57 similarly covers "specifications for the protection that each type of key and other cryptographic information requires," treating "cryptographic key management information" as a natural descriptive phrase rather than a defined term. No authoritative source (NIST, ISO, AICPA, or a regulator) assigns it a specialized meaning that differs from a plain compositional reading.
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- §1 · attested_usage_reviewer_confirmed
- 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.
- §1 · web_lookup_draft
- This phrase is compositional rather than a term of art. It is a descriptive noun phrase combining "cryptographic key management" (the discipline governing the lifecycle of cryptographic keys) with "information" (the data involved in or produced by that discipline). NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 frames this domain as covering cryptographic keying material together with "other cryptographic information" requiring protection, and the functions and issues involved in managing it — but the combined phrase "cryptographic key management information" is not defined as a standalone entry. NIST's CSRC describes the scope of its Cryptographic Key Management Systems publications as addressing "the policies, procedures, components and devices that are used to protect, manage and establish keys and associated information (metadata)" — using "associated information" or "metadata" rather than coining the longer phrase as a term. No authoritative source (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a regulator) treats it as a defined vocabulary item with a fixed, bounded meaning.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column