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Key Management Security Module (KMSM) Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3594 · KeyNexus, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Key Management Security Module (KMSM) Cryptographic Module, from KeyNexus, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3594 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.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3594
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorKeyNexus, Inc. · website
Software versions1.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The KeyNexus Inc. KMSM cryptographic module is a software library which provides cryptographic functionality to the KeyNexus Key Management Service. KeyNexus Unified Key Manager (UKM) allows enterprises to leverage a single, central key management server to support many different encryption and security use cases. KeyNexus UKM can be deployed as a hosted service, on-premise in any virtual environment, in public or private clouds and embedded in a variety of chipset compute environments.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms (10)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES5453
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBG2137
ECDSA1454
HMAC3611
KTS
RSA2927
SHA-346
SHS4373
Triple-DES2741

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • Ubuntu 14.04.1 with Java JRE 1.8 on VirtualBox 5.2 on Windows 7 Professional 7 64-bit running on a Dell OptiPlex 980 with an Intel Core i7-870

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2020-01-07InitialEWA - Canada

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: 2020-01-07

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