Patent ID: 8634561

Claim:
A computer program product for secure key management, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method, comprising: populating a section of information associated with a key, the section of information being populated with information relating to how the key was created; populating the section of information with information relating to how the key was acquired by a secure module; and binding the section of information to the key, wherein the key is encrypted, wherein populating the section of information associated with the key comprises populating a key control information section of a key token, the key token including the key, and wherein the key control information section and the key are located in the key token outside the secure module and the key control information section is not encrypted when outside the secure module, and wherein the key control information section comprises a key management field, and wherein the key management field defines attributes of the key wrapped in the key token, the attributes including: what type of key encrypting key can be used to wrap the key, whether the wrapped key is complete or expects more user contributed material, how the key was created, how the key was acquired, and information relating to protection of the key over time.