Check Point CryptoCore
Check Point CryptoCore, from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #1959 at overall level 1. 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.
Certificate
| Certificate number | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. · website |
| Software versions | 2.0 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
Check Point Crypto Core is a 140-2 Level 1 cryptographic module for Windows 7, Mac OS X, and UEFI firmware. The module provides cryptographic services accessible in pre-boot mode, kernel mode and user mode on the respective platforms through implementation of platform specific binaries.
Security level exceptions
- EMI/EMC: Level 3
Approved algorithms (8)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | 2182 |
| DRBG | 255 |
| HMAC | 1336 |
| RNG | 1104 |
| RSA | 1125 |
| SHS | 1891 |
| Triple-DES | 1382 |
| Triple-DES MAC | vendor affirmed |
Other algorithms
AES (Cert. #2182, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); Blowfish; CAST-128; CAST-256; DES; MD5; PKCS#5; 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 (non-compliant);
Tested configurations
- Mac OS X 10.7 (32-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro with PAA (Kernel Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (32-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro with PAA (User Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (32-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro without PAA (Kernel Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (32-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro without PAA (User Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro with PAA (Kernel Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro with PAA (User Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro without PAA (Kernel Space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro without PAA (User Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 755 with PAA (Kernel Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 755 with PAA (User Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 755 without PAA (Kernel Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 755 without PAA (User Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 745 with PAA (Kernel Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 745 with PAA (User Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 745 without PAA (Kernel Space)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) running on a Dell OptiPlex 745 without PAA (User Space)
- UEFI Pre-boot (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro with PAA (single-user mode)
- UEFI Pre-boot (64-bit) running on a Apple MacBook Pro without PAA
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-12 | Initial | SAIC-VA |
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: 2013-06-12