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AWS Key Management Service HSM

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4523 · Amazon Web Services, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

AWS Key Management Service HSM, from Amazon Web Services, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4523 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.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number4523
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorAmazon Web Services, Inc. · website
Hardware versions3.0
Firmware versions1.7.100, 1.7.102 and 1.7.103

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

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (14)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1791, A1908
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA1908
DRBGA1791, A1908
ECDSAA1908
ENT
HMACA1908
KASA1908
KBKDFA1910
KDAA1908
KTS
KTS-RSA
RSAA1908
SHSA1908

Allowed algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2023-05-19InitialAcumen 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: 2023-05-19

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