Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) is one of the newer security standards and focuses on the exchange of encryption keys between devices. IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) product passed the SNIA-SSIFs rigid conformance testing program. Without standards, our ability to have our phones, televisions, computers, cars, servers, space stations and space stations communicate together would just be a dream. We should demand the adoption and conformance to standards as a necessary component in our pursuit of data protection and security.”]