Infosec glossary entry

KMIP

KMIP :
Key Management Interoperability Protocol

By defining a low-level protocol that can be used to request and deliver keys between any key manager and any encryption system, KMIP enables the industry to have any encryption system communicate with any key management system. Through this interoperability, enterprises will be able to deploy a single enterprise key management infrastructure to mange keys for all encryption systems in the enterprise that require symmetric keys, asymmetric keys pairs, certificates and other security objects. https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/kmip/faq.php

By jean-christoph

February 18, 2023

cryptography

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