Sansec HSM Cryptographic Module
Sansec HSM Cryptographic Module, from Sansec Technology Co., Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4154 at overall level 3. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4154 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 3 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Sansec Technology Co., Ltd. · website |
| Hardware versions | SecHSM V2-1 (AC) and SecHSM V2-1 (DC) |
| Firmware versions | v3.02.0025 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Sansec Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a hardware cryptographic module that provides data encryption, data decryption, signature generation, signature verification, message digest, message authentication code (MAC), random number generation and key management services to business systems.
Security level exceptions
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (14)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | A955, A959, A960, A961, A965, A1011 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | |
| DRBG | A963 |
| DSA | A968 |
| ECDSA | A967 |
| ENT | |
| HMAC | A962 |
| KBKDF | A964 |
| KTS | |
| RSA | A966, A1008 |
| SHA-3 | A953 |
| SHS | A954 |
| Triple-DES | A956, A960 |
Allowed algorithms
RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- N/A
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-15 | Initial | atsec information security corporation |
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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
- 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
- Validation dates on record: 2022-02-15