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SC-12(06) Physical Control of Keys

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SC part of SC-12

Title

Physical Control of Keys

Control

Maintain physical control of cryptographic keys when stored information is encrypted by external service providers.

Discussion

For organizations that use external service providers (e.g., cloud service or data center providers), physical control of cryptographic keys provides additional assurance that information stored by such external providers is not subject to unauthorized disclosure or modification.

Assessment objective

SC-12(06) physical control of cryptographic keys is maintained when stored information is encrypted by external service providers.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).