Key Management Security Module (KMSM) Cryptographic Module
Caveat: The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3594 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | KeyNexus, Inc. · website |
| Software versions | 1.0 |
Module description
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
| Algorithm | CAVP certificate |
|---|---|
| AES | 5453 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| DRBG | 2137 |
| ECDSA | 1454 |
| HMAC | 3611 |
| KTS | |
| KTS | |
| RSA | 2927 |
| SHA-3 | 46 |
| SHS | 4373 |
| Triple-DES | 2741 |
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
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | Initial | EWA - 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