TCB Launcher

Certificate details

Certificate ID #4457
Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 22.03.2023
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software-Hybrid
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode with modules Windows OS Loader validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4339 operating in FIPS mode or Windows Resume validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4348 operating in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Design Assurance: Level 2
Description The TCB Launcher Module, which consists of the binary TCBLAUNCH.EXE, is the module that launches the Hypervisor and Secure Kernel and other binary image files needed to launch those two components.
Version (Hardware) Intel Core i5-8365U[2] and Intel Core i7-8665U[1]
Tested configurations
  • Windows 10 Enterprise May 2020 Update (x64) running on a Panasonic Toughbook FZ 55 with an Intel Core i5-8365U with PAA [2]
  • Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (x64) running on a Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 with an Intel Core i7-8665U with PAA [1] (single-user mode)
Vendor Microsoft Corporation http://www.microsoft.com
Lab Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
Algorithms
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 2 certificates, transitively this expands into 3 certificates.
Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA1, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-256, SHA-2, SHA2
Protocols
SSL
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Block cipher modes
CTR, GCM

Vendor
Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation

Security level
level 1
Side-channel analysis
Cold boot

Cross-references

Outgoing
  • 4339 - historical - Windows OS Loader
  • 4348 - historical - Windows Resume
Incoming
  • 4766 - historical - Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library
  • 4515 - historical - Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library
  • 4511 - historical - Code Integrity
  • 4512 - historical - Secure Kernel Code Integrity
Title Microsoft Security Policy Document
Subject FIPS Certification
Author Microsoft Corporation
Creation date D:20221025145054-07'00'
Modification date D:20221025145054-07'00'
Pages 20
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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Cross-references

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Raw data

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