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BlackBerry Cryptographic Tool Kit

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2402 · BlackBerry Limited · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. 186-2 transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
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Certificate

Certificate number2402
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorBlackBerry Limited · website
Software versions6.0, 6.0.2 and 6.0.3

Module description

The BlackBerry Cryptographic Tool Kit is a standards-based cryptographic toolkit that supports optimized Elliptic Curve Cryptography and provides application developers with sophisticated tools to flexibly integrate encryption, digital signatures and other security mechanisms into both mobile and server-based applications. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Tool Kit, part of the suite of BlackBerry cryptographic modules, provides application developers with a means to expand the secure capabilities and features BlackBerry is known for, to devices running operating systems other than BlackBerry OS.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1789, 3029
CVL7, 367, 789
DRBG127, 579, 1151
DSA563, 891, 1076
ECDSA242, 553, 866
HMAC1054, 1914, 2571
KAS25, 50, 79
RSA894, 1574, 2017
SHS1571, 2530, 3256
Triple-DES1159, 1773, 2164

Other algorithms

DES; DESX; AES CCM* (non-compliant); AES-XCBC-MAC (non-compliant); AES EAX (non-compliant); AES MMO (non-compliant); ARC2; ARC4; MD2; MD4; MD5; HMAC-MD5; ECNR; ECQV; ECPVS; ECIES; ECSPEKE; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112-bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides less than 80 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • Android 4.0.4
  • Android 4.4.2
  • Android 5.0.1
  • CentOS Linux Release 7.1 64-bit
  • iOS 8.0
  • iOS version 6.1.4
  • Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 (single-user mode)
  • Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.4
  • QNX Neutrino 6.5
  • QNX Neutrino 6.6
  • Red Hat Linux AS 5.6
  • Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit
  • Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
  • Windows Phone 8.0

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-07-01InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc
2016-03-16UpdateCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc
2016-06-03UpdateCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants 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: 2015-07-01, 2016-03-16, 2016-06-03

Source documents