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Rosetta Smart Card

FIPS 140-1 certificate #95 · SPYRUS, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-12

Rosetta Smart Card, from SPYRUS, Inc., holds FIPS 140-1 certificate #95 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. Skipjack is no longer approved. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: For services provided by the listed FIPS-Approved algorithms

Certificate

Certificate number95
StandardFIPS 140-1
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentSingle-chip
VendorSPYRUS, Inc. · website
Hardware versions2.01

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The SPYRUS Rosetta Smart Card is an ISO 7816 compliant public key smart card based upon the SPYCOS card operating system.

Security level exceptions

  • EMI/EMC: Level 3

Approved algorithms (1)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
Skipjack4

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #78); Triple-DES (non-compliant); DSA (Cert. #31; non-compliant); KEA (primitives only); RSA

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2000-05-08InitialCYGNACOM SOLUTIONS INC
2014-01-01Update

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
  • Validation dates on record: 2000-05-08, 2014-01-01

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