AWS Key Management Service HSM
AWS Key Management Service HSM, from Amazon Web Services, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4177 at overall level 2. 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 installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4177 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services, Inc. · website |
| Hardware versions | 2.0 |
| Firmware versions | 1.6.109, 1.6.163 and 1.6.165 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Amazon AWS Key Management Service HSM is a multi-chip standalone hardware cryptographic appliance designed to provide dedicated cryptographic functions to meet the security and scalability requirements of the AWS Key Management Service (KMS). The cryptographic boundary is defined as the secure chassis of the appliance. All key materials are maintained exclusively in volatile memory in the appliance and are erased immediately upon detection of physical tampering.
Security level exceptions
- Cryptographic Module Specification: Level 3
- Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
- Physical Security: Level 3
- Design Assurance: Level 3
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (12)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | 4527 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | 1208, 1209 |
| DRBG | 1487 |
| ECDSA | 1102 |
| HMAC | 2987 |
| KAS-SSC | vendor affirmed |
| KBKDF | 133 |
| KDA | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | vendor affirmed |
| RSA | 2464 |
| SHS | 3708 |
Allowed algorithms
NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- N/A
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-15 | Initial | Acumen Security |
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: 2022-03-15