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FIPS 140-2 certificate totals up 8% in 2012

We ended 2012 with 20 FIPS Testing Laboratories.  Thirteen of those Laboratories completed validations for their customers last year resulting in a total of 200 FIPS 140-2 certificates issued.  That is an increase of 8% over 2011 (there were 185 certs issued in 2011).

The FIPS Team at InfoGard Laboratories thanks our customers for making us the #1 FIPS Lab for the 4th year in a row!

Here is the breakdown by Laboratory:

SP 800-38F added to Annex D

NIST Special Publication 800-38F, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping, has been added to Annex D:  Approved Key Establishment Techniques for FIPS PUB 140-2 on January 2, 2013.

FIPS 140-2 Implementation Guidance updated

The FIPS 140-2 Implementation Guidance document was updated on December 21, 2012.  (You may need to refresh your browser to pick up the recent update.)

Updated Implementation Guidance:

• G.5 Maintaining validation compliance of software or firmware cryptographic modules
  • Included reference to the impact to the generated key strength assurance when porting, and vendor Security Policy updates.
• G.13 Instructions for Validation Information Formatting
  • For all embodiments, the OE shall be specified on the validation entry.
• G.14 Validation of Transitioning Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths
  • Addressed two-key Triple-DES requirements.
• D.8 Key Agreement Methods
  • IG updated to address SP 800-135rev1.