Public review ends August 13th

OASIS and the KMIP TC are pleased to announce that Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 3.0 and Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 3.0 are now available for public review and comment. 

The OASIS KMIP TC works to define a single, comprehensive protocol for communication between encryption systems and a broad range of new and legacy enterprise applications, including email, databases, and storage devices. By removing redundant, incompatible key management processes, KMIP will provide better data security while at the same time reducing expenditures on multiple products. The Profiles specification defines the conformance clauses and the accompanying test cases against which implementations are measured. This is the first public review of both documents at Version 3.0.

The documents and all related files are available here:

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 3.0
Committee Specification Draft 02
7 May 2026

Editable Source: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd02/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd02.docx (Authoritative)

HTML: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd02/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd02.html

PDF: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd02/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd02.pdf

ZIP (complete package): https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd02/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd02.zip

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 3.0
Committee Specification Draft 02
21 May 2026

Editable Source: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd02/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd02.docx (Authoritative)

HTML: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd02/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd02.html

PDF: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd02/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd02.pdf

ZIP (complete package): https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd02/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd02.zip

Test cases: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd02/test-cases/

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