FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules
SupersededNIST · FIPS standard · May 25, 2001
Summary
Updated the federal security requirements for cryptographic modules, keeping four security levels; for two decades the Cryptographic Module Validation Program tested the modules agencies buy against it.
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- Issuer
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Type
- FIPS standard
- Number
- FIPS 140-2
- Issued
- May 25, 2001
- Status
- Superseded
Replaced by a newer document or edition.
Superseded by FIPS 140-3 (March 22, 2019); NIST stopped testing new modules against FIPS 140-2 on September 22, 2021.
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