Thales Alenia Space Cryptographic Module for Microsemi RTG4 FPGA

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5172
Status active
Validation dates 06.03.2026
Sunset date 05-03-2031
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Hardware
Embodiment MultiChipEmbed
Caveat No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs
Exceptions
  • Software/Firmware security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description This cryptographic module has been developed by Thales Alenia Space and it has been implemented within the Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEOS) transponder unit. The aim of this cryptographic module is to enable NASA to encrypt communications at the GCP, and decrypt and authenticate them at the transponder unit using AES-GCM.
Vendor Thales Alenia Space http://www.thalesgroup.com/es/espana/espacio
Lab DEKRA Cybersecurity Certification Laboratory
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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, CAST
Randomness
RBG

Vendor
Thales

Security level
Level 1, Level 5

Standards
FIPS 140-3, SP 800-38D
Author Alejandro Muñoz del Rey
Creation date D:20260303073921-05'00'
Modification date D:20260303073921-05'00'
Pages 33
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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