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symmetric key recovery within the context of the CISSP certification, emphasizing its relevance to Cryptography and Security Operations domains. It details various methods attackers use to obtain secret keys, including brute-force attacks, cryptanalytic attacks that exploit cipher weaknesses, side-channel analysis based on physical leakages, and issues stemming from poor key management. The document highlights historical incidents like the DES crack, WEP's vulnerabilities, and the GSM A5/1 cipher compromise to illustrate real-world impacts. Finally, it outlines best practices for preventing key compromise, stressing the importance of strong algorithms, secure key generation and storage, regular key rotation, and rigorous operational discipline.