Topic

Transporting cryptographic equipment

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Mar 2022

Keyed cryptographic equipment is transported based on the sensitivity or classification of its keying material.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.

Dec 2021

Keyed cryptographic equipment is transported based on the sensitivity or classification of the keying material in it.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

2017

Keyed commercial grade cryptographic equipment must be distributed, managed and storedby a means approved for the transportation and management of government property basedon the sensitivity or classification of the key in the equipment.

Control Added. No public explaination.

2010

Keyed commercial grade cryptographic equipment must be distributed, managed and stored by a meansapproved for the transportation and management of government property based on the classification of thekey in the equipment.

2008

Keyed commercial grade cryptographic equipment must be distributed, managed and stored by a means approved for the transportation and management of government property based on the classification of the key within the equipment.