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First SP800-140Br1 Compliant FIPS 140-3 Certificates
On July 11th, 2024, the first three FIPS 140-3 certificates for NIST’s SP800-140Br1 pilot program were posted on the NIST website. atsec information security was one of the labs that took part in the pilot program. SP 800-140Br1 specifies modifications of the methods to be used by a…
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Introduction to the CMVP and CAVP
Please enjoy our quick primer on CMVP, CAVP and ESV testing.
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Crypto Module Bootcamp 2024
atsec information security hosted a free day-long hybrid event on the Concordia University campus in Austin, TX. With 330 registered attendees, both in-person and remote.
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The 11th International Cryptographic Module Conference
The 11th International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) started today. This year the conference is held from September 20th to 22nd 2023 at the Shaw Center in Ottawa Canada. The conference itself kicked off with Yi Mao, CEO of atsec US, giving the opening speech. It featured our latest…
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The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) issues the first FIPS 140-3 certificates
The CMVP published four FIPS 140-3 certificates today, marking the first modules to go through testing and validation under the new version of the FIPS 140 standard. FIPS 140-3 became effective on September 22, 2019, and testing began on September 22, 2020. FIPS 140-3 has been mandatory for…
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The Tenth International Cryptographic Module Conference
The 10th International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) was held from September 14th to 16th 2022, at the Westin Arlington Gateway in the Washington, D.C. area. Yi Mao, Managing Director for atsec information security, wrote the welcome letter in this year’s program: “Dear ICMC 2022 Participants, A very warm…
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Protocol Rule Enforcement & Module Scope
Stephan Müller’s presentation at the 2022 ICMC.
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atsec virtually at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
atsec is excited to have been invited to the virtual kick-off meeting for the “Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program” at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) organized the kick-off meeting on June 1st of, 2022. It…
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NIST Entropy Source Validation Server Available
NIST plans to offer a separate validation program apart from FIPS 140 to cover entropy sources: the ESV (Entropy Source Validation) program (hereafter ESVP). As part of the new validation effort, NIST recently launched an automated system to upload the required information in a structured manner: the Entropy…