SSH Communications Security Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5020
Status active
Validation dates 23.05.2025 , 14.10.2025
Sunset date 10-07-2029
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat No assurance of the minimum strength of generated SSPs (e.g., keys).
Exceptions
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Life-cycle assurance: Level 3
Description The SSH Communications Security Cryptographic Module is a general-purpose cryptographic library incorporated into the PrivX Privileged Access Management systems and other SSH Communications Security products to provide FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography for the protection of sensitive information.
Vendor SSH Communications Security, Oyj. http://www.ssh.com
Lab Acumen Security
References

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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES, CAST, HMAC, KMAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, EdDSA, ECC, DHE, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA2, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, SHA-3, SHA3, SHAKE128, SHAKE256, PBKDF
Schemes
MAC, Key agreement, Key Agreement, AEAD
Protocols
SSH, SSHv2, TLS v1.2, TLS v1.3, TLS 1.3, TLS, TLS 1.2
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Libraries
OpenSSL
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, P-192, B-233, B-283, B-409, B-571, K-233, K-283, K-409, K-571, B-163, K-163
Block cipher modes
CTR, GCM, CCM

JavaCard API constants
ED25519, ED448
Trusted Execution Environments
PSP

Security level
Level 1
Side-channel analysis
timing attacks

Cross-references

Outgoing
  • 210 - historical - VPN 3000 Concentrator Series
Title Microsoft Word - SSH FIPS 140-3 Security Policy_Output_V1.1.docx
Author Rachel Shelby
Creation date D:20250528095448-07'00'
Modification date D:20250528095448-07'00'
Pages 39
Creator PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
Producer Acrobat Distiller 25.0 (Windows)

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