# Key Operations

> The degree of operational burden imposed by generating, rotating, and safeguarding cryptographic keys.

Record: `lexicon:key-operations`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-key-operations

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Input Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/input-flexibility.md) and before [Latency/Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-complexity.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## In tension with

- [Encryption at Rest](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/encryption-at-rest.md)
- [Encryption at Rest / Key Operations](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/encryption-at-rest-key-operations.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)