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Entrust Authority™ Security Kernel

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1702 · Entrust, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Entrust Authority™ Security Kernel, from Entrust, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #1702 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number1702
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorEntrust, Inc. · website
Software versions8.1sp1, 8.1sp1R2 and 8.1sp1R3

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

By managing the full lifecycles of digital certificate-based identities, Entrust Authority PKI enables encryption, digital signature and certificate authentication capabilities to be consistently and transparently applied across a broad range of applications and platforms.

Approved algorithms (10)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES1923, 2631
CVL15, 111
DRBG167, 405
DSA610, 794
ECDSA275, 454
HMAC1158, 1628
RSA992, 1345
SHS1689, 2206
Triple-DES1253, 1580
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 80 and 128 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 or 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 80 and 256 bits of encryption strength); MD2; MD5; RMD-160; CAST; CAST3; CAST5; DES; IDEA; RC2; RC4; PAKE; AES-DAC; CAST-DAC; CAST3-DAC; CAST5-DAC; DES-DAC; IDEA-DAC; RC2-DAC; RNG (non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition running on Dell Optiplex 755

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2012-04-12InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2013-10-18Update
2014-05-28Update
2016-01-08UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-08-29UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2012-04-12, 2013-10-18, 2014-05-28, 2016-01-08, 2016-08-29

Source documents