Best Practices for Key Management Organizations: NIST Releases 2nd Draft of SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1

NIST invites public comments on a second draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1, Recommendation for Key Management Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management Organizations.

Part 2 provides guidance when using the cryptographic features of current systems. This revision:

1. identifies the concepts, functions and elements common to effective systems for the management of symmetric and asymmetric keys;
2. identifies the security planning requirements and documentation necessary for effective institutional key management;
3. describes key management specification requirements;
4. describes cryptographic key management policy documentation that is needed by organizations that use cryptography; and
5. describes key management practice statement requirements.

A public comment period for this document is open until January 21, 2019. See the publication detail link below for the draft, and for instructions on submitting comments.

Publication detail:
https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-57-part-2/rev-1/draft
CSRC Update:
https://csrc.nist.gov/news/2018/nist-releases-2nd-draft-sp-800-57-part-2-rev-1