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BlackBerry™ 5810 and BlackBerry™ 5820

FIPS 140-2 certificate #408 · Research In Motion Ltd. · data as of 2026-10-21

BlackBerry™ 5810 and BlackBerry™ 5820, from Research In Motion Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #408 at overall level 2. 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: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number408
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorResearch In Motion Ltd. · website
Software versions3.6.0.49, S/MIME Support Package Version 1.5
Hardware versions1.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

BlackBerry® is the leading wireless enterprise solution that allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry® is a totally integrated package that includes hardware, software and service, providing a complete end-toend solution. The BlackBerry® Cryptographic Kernel is the software module that provides the basic cryptographic functionality for the BlackBerry®.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Self-Tests: Level 4

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES83
DSA93
ECDSAvendor affirmed
HMAC-SHA-1
RSAvendor affirmed
SHA-1147
Triple-DES200
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #228); DES MAC (Cert. #228, vendor affirmed); RC2; RC5; Skipjack; CAST5-128; Rijndael; ARC FOUR; KEA; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); ECMQV (key agreement); ECNR; ElGamal; SHA-256; SHA-384; SHA-512; HMAC (SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160); MAC (AES, CAST5-128, RC2, RC5, Skipjack); MD2; MD4; MD5; RIPEMD-128; RIPEMD-160

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2004-04-05InitialDOMUS
2005-08-24Update

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: 2004-04-05, 2005-08-24

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