Fwd: Save the Date: NIST Key Management Workshop (Sept 10-11, 2012)

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          Save the Date: NIST Key Management Workshop (Sept 10-11,
            2012)
        

        

          Date: 
          Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:25:40 -0400
        

        

          From: 
          Caswell, Sara J. <>
        

        

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NIST is conducting a two-day Key
            Management workshop on September 10-11. The subject of the
            workshop is the technical and administrative aspects of
            Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMSs) that currently
            exist and may be required for U.S. Federal use in the
            future.  The first day will review the DRAFT NIST Special
            Publication 800-130 (“A Framework for Designing CKMS”) and
            the DRAFT NIST Special Publication 800-152 (“A Profile for
            U.S. Federal CKMS”) and solicit comments from the workshop
            participants on the DRAFT documents.  The second day will
            focus on CKMS capabilities in future security products and
            services in new U.S. Federal Information Systems.  Input
            from Workshop participants will be solicited regarding the
            utility and feasibility of these capabilities as well as
            suggestions for other technical capabilities required in
            future CKMSs.

      
 

      
Further information
          will be posted on http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/key_mgmt/
          as it becomes available.

      
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Cryptographic Key Management (CKM) is a
        fundamental part of cryptographic technology and is considered
        one of the most difficult aspects associated with its use. Of
        particular concern are the scalability of the methods used to
        distribute keys and the usability of these methods. NIST has
        undertaken an effort to improve the overall key management
        strategies used by the public and private sectors in order to
        enhance the usability of cryptographic technology, provide
        scalability across cryptographic technologies, and support a
        global cryptographic key management infrastructure.