Crypto Broker

Component description / functionalities

The Open Crypto Broker moves cryptographic operations into a managed environment, enabling governance and policies over which algorithms are allowed. It provides a unified interface for crypto operations to help workloads become crypto-agile.
  • Simplified Crypto Consumption: Simplifies consumption of cryptographic operations by providing a unified, profile-based interface to diverse underlying crypto implementations.
  • Governance & Algorithm Control: Manages and controls allowed cryptographic operations, enabling organizations to enforce policies over which algorithms may be used.
  • Crypto-Agility: Helps cryptographic workloads become crypto-agile, making it straightforward to swap algorithms in response to new standards or Post-Quantum Cryptography requirements.

IPCEI CIS Reference Architecture

Security and Compliance Domain

Open source license

Apache 2.0
Keywords
crypto-agility
PQC
algorithm-governance