Does your organization have a formal process for managing the lifecycle of cryptographic certificates, keys, identity tokens, and other credentials?

A comprehensive cryptographic lifecycle management process ensures that digital certificates, encryption keys, and authentication credentials are properly issued, tracked, rotated, and revoked when necessary.

This prevents unauthorized access due to compromised or expired credentials and maintains the integrity of encrypted communications and data.Organizations should maintain an inventory of all cryptographic assets, implement automated rotation schedules, establish secure key storage mechanisms, and have clear procedures for emergency revocation.

Evidence could include a documented key management policy, certificate inventory reports, screenshots of a certificate management system, logs showing regular key rotation activities, or a process diagram showing the credential lifecycle workflow.