AWS Key Management Service HSM

Certificate

Module description

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

• Operational environment: N/A
• Non-invasive security: N/A
• Mitigation of other attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

Allowed algorithms

ECDSA secp256k1 (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 bits of encryption strength; [IG C.A] Curves: secp256k1 may only be used in block-chain related applications)

Tested configurations

• N/A

Validation history

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 active
• Validation dates on record: 2024-11-18

Source documents

• NIST certificate page
• Security policy (PDF)
• Consolidated certificate (PDF)