ITU-T Work Programme

[2025-2028] : [SG17] : [Q8/17]

[Declared patent(s)] - [Associated work]

Work item:

X.1632 (ex X.ckrp)

Subject/title:

Framework of cryptographic key resource pool for multi-tenant cloud computing

Status:

Consented on 2026-06-10 [Issued from previous study period]

Approval process:

AAP

Type of work item:

Recommendation

Version:

New

Equivalent number:

Timing:

2026-04 (Medium priority)

Liaison:

ISO, NIST, CSA

Supporting members:

China Telecom, ZTE

Summary:

As companies migrate applications and data to the cloud, and as cloud-native applications continue to emerge, demand is increasing for cloud services that support cryptographic key management and cryptographic operations, such as encryption. Cryptographic key resource pool can serve as an infrastructure for providing cryptographic key management and cryptographic operation services in a multi-tenant cloud computing environment. In such a pool, hardware security modules (HSMs) are virtualized as virtual security modules (VSMs), and VSMs are created, provisioned, orchestrated and scaled up or down, according to the demands of cloud service customers (CSCs). This Recommendation specifies requirements and a framework for a cryptographic key resource pool for multi-tenant cloud computing

Comment:

Reference(s):

[SG17-TD211-R1/WP4 (2026-04)

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