NIST's Cryptographic Module Validation Program achieves major milestones. (News Briefs).
NIST's Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) recently achieved three major milestones. First, the CMVP accredited the programs sixth cryptographic module testing laboratory through the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program.Second, the CMVP celebrated the signing of the 200th certificate with the validation of the Promail II (Simply Postage III). The Promail II is an electronic device that stores revenue and dispenses it to a host computer, under the control and direction of a customer. The revenue is dispensed from the Promail II in the form of a digitally signed indicium, a unique bit pattern that can be determined to have originated from a particular device at a particular point in time.
Third, the Communications Electronics Security Group of the United Kingdom announced on Dec. 28, 2001, that it "proposes the use of FIPS 140 as the basis for the evaluation of cryptographic products used in a number of UK government applications and encourages the setting up of accredited laboratories in the UK to perform these evaluations." This takes the CMVP beyond North America.
The FIPS 140-1 Validated Modules List has become a "Who's Who" of cryptographic and information technology vendors and developers from the United States, Canada, and abroad. The list contains a complete range of security levels and a broad spectrum of product types including personal digital assistants, secure radios, Internet browsers, virtual private network devices, PC postage equipment, cryptographic accelerators, secure tokens, and others. The recent validations impact federal agencies by further increasing the number of tested and validated cryptographic products available for use in securing sensitive information.
The CMVP is a joint effort between NIST and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of the Government of Canada. NIST's Computer Security Division and CSE serve as validation authorities for the program. The website is http://www.nist.gov/cmvp.
CONTACT: Annabelle Lee, (301) 975-2941; annabelle.lee@nist.gov.
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| Publication: | Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| Article Type: | Brief Article |
| Geographic Code: | 1USA |
| Date: | Mar 1, 2002 |
| Words: | 309 |
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