Samsung TCG Opal SSC Cryptographic Sub-Chip

Certificate details

Certificate ID #4965
Status active
Validation dates 13.02.2025
Sunset date 12-02-2030
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment Single Chip
Caveat When operated in approved mode
Exceptions
  • Operational environment: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description The sub-chip is contained within the Samsung SoC. The SoC is implemented within a TCG Opal SED.
Version (Hardware) S01
Version (Firmware) SS0100
Tested configurations
  • S4LV006A01
Vendor Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. http://www.samsung.com
Lab atsec information security corporation
Algorithms
  • AES-ECBA4252
  • AES-GCMA4252
  • Counter DRBGA4135
  • ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-4)A4252
  • ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)A4252
  • HMAC-SHA2-256A4252
  • KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3A4252
  • KDF SP800-108A4252
  • SHA2-256A4252
  • SHA2-384A4252
References

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Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-256, CAST, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECDSA
Hash functions
SHA-384, SHA-256
Schemes
PKE, Key agreement, Key Agreement
Randomness
TRNG, DTRNG, DRBG, RNG
Elliptic Curves
P-384
Block cipher modes
ECB, CTR, GCM, XTS

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC
Vendor
Samsung

Security level
Level 2

Title Security Policy_fcm2250128
Creation date D:20250128213931Z00'00'
Modification date D:20250128213931Z00'00'
Pages 32
Creator Word
Producer macOS Version 13.3.1 (a) (Build 22E772610a) Quartz PDFContext

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