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BlackBerry™ 5810 and BlackBerry™ 5820

FIPS 140-2 certificate #408 · Research In Motion Ltd. · data as of 2026-08-28
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

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

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
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

Source documents