A private cryptographic key is an extremely sensitive piece of information, and requires a whole set of special security measures to protect it. This article outlines some problems with key management relating to the life cycle of private cryptographic keys. There are many types of cryptographic keys; each type has own inherent challenges. Here, we outline some of the challenges we meet when managing the life cycle of asymmetric cryptographic keys and pairs.

This article outlines cryptographic operations and best practices you should follow to make your applications or systems secure.

This article evaluates and compares manual and automated cryptographic key management. It looks at security-related issues as well as organizational and economic aspects.

This article discusses why cryptographically protected data exchange between the EU and Russia (and other countries) is still difficult to implement.

 Some time ago, I consulted a bank about their cryptography and security processing system, which was painstakingly slow. After one week of trying to find the problem, I looked at the cryptographic subsystem, which used Windows Crypto API and a certified CSP.