# SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/sc-12

Canonical id: `sc-12` · family `SC`

> Establish and manage cryptographic keys when cryptography is employed within the system in accordance with the following key management requirements: [requirements].

_Control title and statement: NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 catalog (the pinned commit is in `/api` under `control_text`). The FedRAMP rules reference these controls by id only; everything below is what FedRAMP says about this id._

## Rev5 baseline membership

- certification class B (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class C (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class D (in the annual independent assessment)

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-SVC-ASM` — Automating Secret Management (Service Configuration)
  Management, protection, and regular rotation of digital keys, certificates, and other secrets is automated and persistently reviewed.

## FedRAMP guidance

_No FedRAMP-specific guidance attaches to this control._

## Annual independent assessment

In the annual assessment subset for class B, C, D.