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Key destruction

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002326

1. To remove all traces of keying material so that it cannot be recovered by either physical or electronic means.

2. To remove all traces of a cryptographic key so that it cannot be recovered by either physical or electronic means.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-002326
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002326",
  "term": "Key destruction",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. To remove all traces of keying material so that it cannot be recovered by either physical or electronic means.\n\n2. To remove all traces of a cryptographic key so that it cannot be recovered by either physical or electronic means.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/key-destruction/"
}

Record 2,326 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.