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Comment on Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 – General | Initial Public Draft of SP 800-57 Part 1 Revision 6
December 05, 2025

The initial public draft of NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Revision 6, Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 – General, is available for comment through February 5, 2026.

Some of the proposed changes from Revision 5 include:

  • Ascon, as specified in SP 800-232, and the new quantum-resistant algorithms specified in FIPS 203, 204, and 205 have been included.
  • The keys used for both key establishment and key storage are now discussed separately.
  • The security categories used in the PQC competition have been included, along with the quantum-resistant algorithms.
  • The time frames for algorithm approval status have been removed and replaced with references to SP 800-131A.
  • A section has been added to discuss keying material storage and mechanisms.

See Appendix F of the draft for a more complete list of changes.

Parent Project

See: Key Management

Related Topics

Security and Privacy: authentication, key management, planning, public key infrastructure

Created December 05, 2025