AWS Key Management Service HSM

Certificate #4177

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 15.03.2022
Sunset date 21-09-2026
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Cryptographic Module Specification: Level 3
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
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.
Version (Hardware) 2.0
Version (Firmware) 1.6.109, 1.6.163 and 1.6.165
Vendor Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-256
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA 4096, RSA 2048, RSA-OAEP, ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, DH, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA256, SHA-224, SHA-512
Schemes
MAC, Key Agreement
Randomness
DRBG, RNG
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521, secp256k1, secp384r1
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Security level
Level 2, Level 3

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS 140, FIPS 197, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 180-4, SP 800-38A, SP 800-38D, SP 800-38F, SP 800-90A, SP 800-108, SP 800-56B, SP 800-90, PKCS #1

File metadata

Author Dan Sivertson
Creation date D:20220107104649-05'00'
Modification date D:20220107104649-05'00'
Pages 41
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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