This part of ISO 11568 specifies for the retail banking environment the security requirements and the implementation methods for each step in the key life cycle.
The key life cycle applies to keys at all levels of a key hierarchy.
It is applicable to any organisation that is responsible for the protection of keys used in a symmetric cipher.
This part of ISO 11568 is applicable to institutions responsible for implementing techniques for the management of keys used to protect data in bank card originated transactions.
ONORM EN ISO 11568-3:1996 history
1996ONORM EN ISO 11568-3:1996 Banking-Key management (retail)-Part 3: Key life cycle for symmetric ciphers