WatchKey ProX USB Token Cryptographic Module
WatchKey ProX USB Token Cryptographic Module, from WatchData Technologies Pte Ltd, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4159 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 | 4159 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 3 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | WatchData Technologies Pte Ltd · website |
| Hardware versions | Smart Card Chip AS518 and K023314A |
| Firmware versions | 36410102 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The WatchKey ProX USB Token is a USB-based PKI, two-factor authentication token device. It provides digital signature generation/verification for online authentications and data encryption/decryption for online transactions. The user's private and public key pairs can be generated and stored on the embedded chip.
Security level exceptions
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (8)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| CVL(Cert. #C2203 | |
| AES | 3196 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| DRBG | 673 |
| ECDSA | 585 |
| RSA | 1630 |
| SHS | 2647 |
| Triple-DES | 1822 |
Allowed algorithms
NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- N/A
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-17 | 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: 2022-02-17