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QuantumSafe Key Management
Solution architecture

Coordinate key generation, wrapping, rotation, versioning, tenant isolation and policy enforcement.

CUSTOMER PROBLEM

Coordinate key generation, wrapping, rotation, versioning, tenant isolation and policy enforcement.

Hybrid and PQC deployments increase key versions, policies and dependencies. Without centralized governance, rotation, recovery and tenant isolation become inconsistent.

Solution architecture
Portfolio class
Key protection product / solution profile
Public profile
2026.07
Version rule
Confirmed in quotation / release record

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION FLOW

How QuantumSafe Key Management operates from input to evidence.

On-premises or private-cloud KMS, HSM, applications and approval workflows. Key policy, access model, lifecycle logs, recovery tests and tenant-isolation validation.

01

Register application and key purpose

Key generation, import and wrapping policy

02

Authorize generation or import

Key versioning, rotation and retirement

03

Create key inside approved boundary

HSM-backed envelope encryption

04

Issue wrapped key or service handle

Tenant isolation and delegated administration

05

Rotate without breaking consumers

API, PKCS#11 and application connectors

06

Recover, retire and destroy

Recovery, escrow and exception governance

NAMED COMPONENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

What QuantumSafe Key Management contains and what each component does.

The descriptions below state concrete technical behaviour rather than generic support language.

01

Key generation, import and wrapping policy

Applies separate rules for generated, imported and derived keys, including allowed algorithms, exportability, origin evidence and wrapping hierarchy.

02

Key versioning, rotation and retirement

Maintains stable key aliases and immutable key versions so applications can rotate encrypting or signing keys without losing historical verification.

03

HSM-backed envelope encryption

Uses HSM-backed master keys to wrap data-encryption keys and records the wrapping key, version, policy and affected data set for each envelope.

04

Tenant isolation and delegated administration

Enforces tenant, environment and application separation through distinct namespaces, roles, quotas and approval scopes.

05

API, PKCS#11 and application connectors

Provides REST, PKCS#11 or application connectors with authenticated requests, idempotency, audit correlation and least-privilege service accounts.

06

Recovery, escrow and exception governance

Defines tested recovery, escrow, compromise, revocation and exception procedures, including when key recovery is prohibited by policy.

CUSTOMER OUTCOMES
  • Centralized key policy
  • Rotation and version control
  • HSM-backed API integration
INTEGRATION BOUNDARY

On-premises or private-cloud KMS, HSM, applications and approval workflows.

DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS

Customer security boundary

HSM, QSCD, token or KMS components remain in the customer-controlled environment with documented ceremonies.

Dedicated high-availability service

Protected key services run across approved HA/DR nodes with tested quorum, backup and recovery.

Integrated managed operation

Operational responsibility is divided explicitly across customer, Mobile-ID and hardware/technology partners.

EVIDENCE REQUIRED
  • Key policy, access model, lifecycle logs, recovery tests and tenant-isolation validation.
  • Version and configuration manifest for: On-premises or private-cloud KMS, HSM, applications and approval workflows.
  • Negative, failure and recovery tests for “Rotate without breaking consumers” and “Recover, retire and destroy”.
  • Signed acceptance record, accountable owner, published limitations and next review date.
STANDARDS & PROFILES
  • NIST key-management guidance
  • PKCS#11
  • KMIP concepts
  • Envelope encryption patterns

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES

Conditions that must remain true for QuantumSafe Key Management.

These points come from the product profile, not from a shared disclaimer.

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