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Suite B Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2851 · United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to dependency on certificate #2357. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode with module Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcryptprimitives.dll and ncryptsslp.dll) in Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface Pro, Surface 2, Surface, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise, StorSimple 8000 Series validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2357 operating in FIPS mode or BlackBerry OS Cryptographic Library validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #1578 operating in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number2851
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorUnited States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) · website
Software versionsv3.0.0.0

Module description

KEYW, in coordination with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has developed a Suite B-compliant, standards based, AES/GCM-256 layer of encrypted communications between a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and a BlackBerry Mobile Set (MS) with Elliptic Curve (EC) key exchange used to negotiate symmetric keys.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3328, 4312
CVL484
ECDSA657
HMAC2119
KAS55
KBKDF116
KTS
PBKDFvendor affirmed
SHS2761

Tested configurations

  • BlackBerry OS 10.3 running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
  • BlackBerry OS 10.3 running on Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) running on Intel Xeon E5530 (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-02-27InitialCOACT INC CAFE 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: 2017-02-27

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