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RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1850 · RSA, The Security Division of EMC · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
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Certificate

Certificate number1850
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorRSA, The Security Division of EMC · website
Software versions3.0.0.16 [1], 3.0.0.20 [2] and 3.0.0.25 [3]

Module description

The Crypto-C Micro Edition (ME) Module is RSA, The Security Division of EMC's cryptographic library designed for securing mobile devices like wireless phones and personal digital assistants. It contains assembly-level optimizations on key wireless processors. Its functionality includes a wide range of data encryption and signing algorithms, including Triple-DES, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm, the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the DSA government signature algorithm, MD5 and SHA1 message digest routines, and more.

Security level exceptions

  • Cryptographic Module Specification: Level 3

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2018, 2485, 3429
DRBG192, 343, 830
DSA643, 765, 966
ECDSA293, 294, 414, 416, 688, 691
HMAC1222, 1527, 2181
RNG1058, 1203, 1373
RSA1047, 1274, 1755
SHS1768, 2103, 2829
Triple-DES1303, 1523, 1934

Other algorithms

AES-GCM (non-compliant); DES; DES40; Diffie-Hellman; EC Diffie-Hellman; ECAES (non-compliant); ECIES; HMAC MD5; MD2; MD5; PBKDF1 SHA-1; PBKDF2 HMAC SHA-1/SHA-224/SHA-256/SHA-384/SHA-512 (non-compliant); RC2; RC4; RC5; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); RSA PKCS #1 v2.0 (OAEP; non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • Wind River VxWorks General Purpose Platform 6.0 (PPC 604 32-bit) [1]
  • Wind River VxWorks General Purpose Platform 6.8 running on a Fuji Xerox 960K 61580 [2]
  • Wind River VxWorks General Purpose Platform 6.8.2 running on an Arm11 MPCore [3] (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2012-11-29InitialSAIC-VA
2013-01-24Update
2013-06-24UpdateSAIC-VA
2015-07-23UpdateLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
2016-02-12UpdateLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab

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: 2012-11-29, 2013-01-24, 2013-06-24, 2015-07-23, 2016-02-12

Source documents