Certificates and Queue Time Updates

At the end of the second quarter, we wrote about the CMVP being on a record pace for issuing FIPS 140-2 certificates in 2014.  Well, three quarters of the year have gone by now, and the CMVP remains on track.  One hundred ninety-one (191) FIPS 140-2 certificates have been issued during these 9 months of 2014. At the current pace, the projection for 2014 is 254 certificates (down from a projection of 262 in July).  We're still looking at the CMVP blowing by last year's mark of 208 certificates and the all-time record of 229 in 2010.

Here is the breakdown of certificates by the FIPS Laboratories for the first three quarters of 2014.

 

 

A quick update about the CMVP report queue:

  

InfoGard's current estimate for the CMVP queue time is 3-4 months (this is the time between report submission -- "Review Pending" -- to the time the Lab receives comments from the CMVP -- "Coordination").

Obviously I can't predict the future, but there is no indication that this current queue time will not be maintained.  It's a good sign for the remainder of the year and heading into 2015.  The CMVP was able to reduce the queue from 8-9 months last year to 3-4 months this year amid all of the algorithm transitions that took place, not an easy task. Next year should be a breeze comparatively.