NIST SP 800-56C
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NIST SP 800-56C is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for key derivation methods in key-establishment schemes used in cryptographic systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NIST SP 800-56C canonical | 2 |
| NIST SP 800-56C Revision 1 | 1 |
| NIST Special Publication 800-56C | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1635091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIST SP 800-56C Context triple: [NIST SP 800-56A, relatedTo, NIST SP 800-56C]
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A.
NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
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B.
NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
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C.
NIST SP 800-38D
NIST SP 800-38D is a NIST special publication that specifies the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) of operation for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and provides guidelines for its secure use.
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D.
NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
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E.
RFC 8017
RFC 8017 is the Internet standard that specifies the RSA Cryptography Standard (PKCS #1), defining algorithms and formats for RSA encryption and digital signatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIST SP 800-56C Target entity description: NIST SP 800-56C is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for key derivation methods in key-establishment schemes used in cryptographic systems.
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A.
NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
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B.
NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
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C.
NIST SP 800-38D
NIST SP 800-38D is a NIST special publication that specifies the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) of operation for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and provides guidelines for its secure use.
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D.
NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
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E.
RFC 8017
RFC 8017 is the Internet standard that specifies the RSA Cryptography Standard (PKCS #1), defining algorithms and formats for RSA encryption and digital signatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NIST Special Publication
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cryptographic standard ⓘ revision of NIST SP 800-56C ⓘ technical guideline ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
NIST SP 800-56C
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NIST Special Publication 800-56C
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| addresses |
security requirements for key derivation
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use of approved cryptographic primitives in key derivation ⓘ |
| appliesTo | cryptographic systems ⓘ |
| conformsTo | NIST cryptographic standards framework ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| defines | key derivation functions for key-establishment ⓘ |
| documentType |
security guideline
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standards recommendation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cryptographic key management
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key derivation ⓘ key derivation using extraction-then-expansion constructions ⓘ key derivation using pseudorandom functions ⓘ key-establishment schemes ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure adequate cryptographic strength of derived keys
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promote interoperability of key-establishment mechanisms ⓘ provide guidance for secure key derivation ⓘ |
| governs | derivation of keying material from shared secrets ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
NIST SP 800-56C
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NIST SP 800-56C Revision 1
|
| intendedFor |
designers of cryptographic modules
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implementers of key-establishment schemes ⓘ security protocol designers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
NIST SP 800 series
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NIST SP 800 series ⓘ |
| provides | recommendations for key derivation methods ⓘ |
| publisher |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NIST SP 800-108
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NIST SP 800-56A ⓘ NIST SP 800-56B ⓘ NIST SP 800-57 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
applied cryptography
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information security ⓘ key management ⓘ |
| targetDomain | federal information systems ⓘ |
| typeOfGuidance | recommendations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
government agencies
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industry organizations ⓘ security product vendors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NIST SP 800-56C Description of subject: NIST SP 800-56C is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for key derivation methods in key-establishment schemes used in cryptographic systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NIST Special Publication 800-56C
this entity surface form:
NIST SP 800-56C Revision 1