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Cryptographic Protections

27 controls

Use appropriate cryptographic mechanisms and industry-recognized key management practices to protect sensitive and regulated data at rest and in transit.

SCF # Control Name Weight NIST CSF Frameworks
CRY-01 Cryptographic Protections Policy 10 — Critical Govern 2
CRY-02 Use of Cryptographic Controls 10 — Critical Govern 119
CRY-03 Cryptographic Management 5 — Medium Protect 9
CRY-03.1 Alternate Physical Protection 5 — Medium Protect 27
CRY-03.2 Pre/Post Transmission Handling 5 — Medium Protect 6
CRY-04 Cryptographic Cipher Suites and Protocols Inventory 9 — Critical Protect 14
CRY-05 Encrypting Data In Transit 10 — Critical Protect 105
CRY-06 Integrity of Data In Transit 10 — Critical Protect 62
CRY-07 Encrypting Data At Rest 10 — Critical Protect 97
CRY-07.1 Encrypting Storage Media 8 — High Protect 16
CRY-07.2 Encrypting Offline Storage 5 — Medium Protect 3
CRY-08 Database Encryption 8 — High Protect 4
CRY-09 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 9 — Critical Protect 45
CRY-09.1 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Availability 9 — Critical Recover 10
CRY-10 Cryptographic Key Management 10 — Critical Protect 49
CRY-10.1 Symmetric Keys 9 — Critical Protect 9
CRY-10.2 Asymmetric Keys 9 — Critical Protect 7
CRY-10.3 Cryptographic Key Loss or Change 8 — High Protect 31
CRY-10.4 Control & Distribution of Cryptographic Keys 9 — Critical Protect 18
CRY-10.5 Assigned Cryptographic Key Owners 8 — High Protect 1
CRY-10.6 Third-Party Cryptographic Keys 7 — High Protect 5
CRY-10.7 External System Cryptographic Key Control 5 — Medium Protect 6
CRY-11 Transmission of Cybersecurity & Data Protection Attributes 5 — Medium Protect 6
CRY-12 Certificate Authorities 8 — High Protect 8
CRY-13 Certificate Monitoring 5 — Medium Protect 4
CRY-14 Cryptographic Hash 5 — Medium Protect 3
CRY-15 Export-Controlled Cryptography 5 — Medium Protect 29

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