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NIST CSWP 37 (Initial Public Draft)

Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program: September 2024 Status Report

Date Published: October 31, 2024
Comments Due: December 2, 2024
Email Comments to: applied-crypto-testing@nist.gov

Author(s)

Chris Celi (NIST), Alexander Calis (NIST), Murugiah Souppaya (NIST), William Barker (Dakota Consulting), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity), Raoul Gabiam (MITRE), Stephan Mueller (atsec), Yi Mao (atsec), Barry Fussell (Cisco), Andrew Karcher (Cisco), Doug Boldt (AWS)

Announcement

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) validates third-party assertions that cryptographic module implementations satisfy the requirements of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has undertaken the Automated Cryptographic Module Validation Project (ACMVP) to support improvement in the efficiency and timeliness of CMVP operations and processes. The goal is to demonstrate a suite of automated tools that would permit organizations to perform testing of their cryptographic products according to the requirements of FIPS 140-3, then directly report the results to NIST using appropriate protocols. This is a status report of progress made so far with the ACMVP and the planned next steps for the project.

Abstract

Keywords

Automated Cryptographic Module Validation Project (ACMVP); Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP); cryptography; cryptographic module; cryptographic module testing; cryptographic module validation
Control Families

System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.37.ipd
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
Project homepage

Document History:
10/31/24: CSWP 37 (Draft)