Custody & Key-Management Governance

Review governance for wallets, private keys, signing authority, asset movements, access control, transaction approvals and recovery arrangements.

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Strengthen Custody and Key Governance

Clarify custody operating models, key lifecycle responsibilities, signing controls, transaction approvals and recovery arrangements.

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Digital asset custody and key management governance

Governance for Digital-Asset Custody and Key Management

Control over digital assets depends on more than the choice of wallet technology. Businesses need clear ownership, segregation of duties, approval rules, key lifecycle processes, monitoring and recovery arrangements. ALMR helps clients assess these governance requirements and organise evidence for operational and institutional review.

  • Custody operating-model assessment: Map wallet types, custody responsibilities, asset flows, service providers, dependencies and key control points.
  • Key lifecycle and access governance: Define governance expectations for key generation, storage, access, rotation, backup, recovery, revocation and destruction.
  • Signing authority and segregation of duties: Document roles, quorum or multi-approval requirements, privileged access, exception handling and periodic access reviews.
  • Transaction approval and reconciliation: Structure transaction initiation, independent verification, approval, execution monitoring, exception management and reconciliation controls.
  • Recovery and third-party oversight: Review governance for incident recovery, business continuity, provider dependencies, service-level expectations and exit arrangements.

ALMR provides governance and control-readiness support, not custody, wallet operation, cryptographic key handling, HSM/MPC implementation or technical certification. Technical architecture and security testing should be performed by qualified specialist providers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions About Custody & Key-Management Governance

No. ALMR's role is advisory and governance-focused. It does not take custody of digital assets or handle clients' private keys.

ALMR can help define governance, operational and due-diligence questions for HSM, MPC and wallet providers. Specialist cryptographic design and testing require qualified technical providers.

Possible outputs include custody operating-model maps, key lifecycle control matrices, access and approval frameworks, recovery checklists and evidence registers.