Upon transmitting the request to perform the operation, the application may receive an indication that the requested operation with the cryptographic item required approval from a set of entities (block 320). In embodiments, the indication may be in the form of a message transmitted to the application. The indication may include information from the quorum policy associated with the cryptographic item. For example, the indication may include the number of approvals needed to perform the operation and/or which entities may approve the operation. In an embodiment, the indication may include a selectable icon that allows the application to transmit a request for approval to the key management system. The request for approval may cause the key management system to transmit approval requests to the approving entities of the cryptographic item.

The application may receive approval to perform the requested operation with the cryptographic item from the set of entities (block 330). For example, the application may receive approval to perform the requested operation when the number of received indications of approval satisfies a threshold number. The threshold number may be specified in the quorum policy of the group that is assigned to the cryptographic item.