Profile of the Key Mgmt. Framework available for comment

["Ms. Elaine Barker" <ebarker@nist.gov>]

NIST is developing a Special Publication (SP 800-152) that will be entitled “A Profile for U. S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS)”. This Profile will be based on the Special Publication 800-130, entitled “A Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems.” The Framework covers topics that should be considered by a product or system designer when designing a CKMS and specifies requirements for the design and its documentation.  The Profile, however, will cover not only a CKMS design, but also its procurement, installation, management, and operation throughout its lifetime. 

An initial draft of the Profile requirements  is now available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html for public comment and for discussion by participants of the CKM Workshop scheduled for September 10-11. Details of the workshop are available at http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/ckm_workshop_2012.cfm. 

Please provide comments by October 10, 2012 to ckmsdesignframework@nist.gov, with "Comments on SP 800-152 Profile Requirements" in the subject line.