Q: How long does it take for a recently validated cryptographic module to appear on a FIPS 140-2 Consolidated Validation Certificate?
A: At the end of each month, the CMVP generates a list of cryptographic modules that were issued new FIPS 140-2 certificates. The Consolidated Validation Certificate is signed by a NIST representative in the United States and then routed to Canada for signature by a CSEC representative. The signature and posting process takes about two weeks.
For example, modules that received a certificate number in the month of January will appear on the FIPS 140-2 Consolidated Validation Certificate that gets posted mid-February.
January 20, 2012
January 10, 2012
InfoGard exhibiting at RSA Conference in San Francisco
InfoGard Laboratories will be exhibiting at the 2012 RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA February 27 through March 1. Please visit us at Booth 316 (enter the Expo Hall, make a left).
January 5, 2012
FIPS 140-2 Annex D updated
On December 20, 2011, Annex D was updated with the following change:
Key Establishment Techniques
Added: Recommendation for Key Derivation through Extraction-then-Expansion,
Special Publication 800-56C
Key Establishment Techniques
Added: Recommendation for Key Derivation through Extraction-then-Expansion,
Special Publication 800-56C
FIPS certificate totals for 2011 down 19%
The number of FIPS 140-2 certificates issued in 2011 was down 19% compared to 2010. A total of 185 certificates were issued in 2011 (229 were issued in 2010). Here are the totals by Lab for 2011:
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