Managing cryptographic keys can be a complex task for an enterprise and particularly
difficult to scale when an increasing number of users and applications need to be managed …

Cryptographic methods have been extensively employed in various systems to address
security objectives, such as data confidentiality, authentication, and secure communication …

As more and more enterprises encrypt data in order to adhere to information security
policies and compliance rules, centralized key management is becoming increasingly …

Security services based on cryptographic mechanisms assume keys to be distributed prior to
secure communications. The secure management of these keys is one of the most critical …

This Framework was initiated as a part of the NIST Cryptographic Key Management
Workshop. The goal was to define and develop technologies and standards that provide …

Over the last few years, as the requirements for data confidentiality and privacy have been
magnified, encryption of stored data has become a much more compelling value …

Despite the fact that the World Wide Web is an untrusted environment, increasing use is
being made of this network (the Internet) in electronic commerce applications. To prevent …

One of the essential components of encryption that is often overlooked is key management-
the way cryptographic keys are generated and managed throughout their life. Since …

Key management is the Achilles' heel of cryptography. This work presents a novel Key-
Lifecycle Management System (KLMS), which addresses two issues that have not been …

As enterprises increasingly turn to encryption to meet data-security demands, they need
open standards for encryption key management. Three standards bodies--the IEEE, the …