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Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification and Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles OASIS Standards published

Latest versions of the single, comprehensive protocol for clients and servers that manage encryption keys.

OASIS is pleased to announce the publication of its newest OASIS Standards, approved by the members on 14 December 2020:

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 2.1
OASIS Standard
14 December 2020

and

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 2.1
OASIS Standard
14 December 2020

The Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) is a single, comprehensive protocol for communication between clients that request any of a wide range of encryption keys and servers that store and manage those keys. By replacing redundant, incompatible key management protocols, KMIP provides better data security while at the same time reducing expenditures on multiple products.

The KMIP Specification v2.1 is intended for developers and architects who wish to design systems and applications that interoperate using the Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification.

KMIP Profiles v2.1 specifies conformance clauses that define the use of objects, attributes, operations, message elements and authentication methods within specific contexts of KMIP server and client interaction.

The TC received 3 Statements of Use from Cryptsoft, Utimaco, and PrimeKey.

The specifications and related files are available here:

Distribution ZIP files

For your convenience, OASIS provides complete packages of the specifications and related files in ZIP distribution files. You can download the files here:

KMIP Specification:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v2.1/os/kmip-spec-v2.1-os.zip

KMIP Profiles:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v2.1/os/kmip-profiles-v2.1-os.zip

Our congratulations to the members of the KMIP TC on achieving this milestone.

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