IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 4 ICSF PKCS #11 Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #4591
Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 11.09.2023
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software-Hybrid
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode with module IBM(R) z/OS(R) Version 2 Release 4 Security Server RACF(R) Signature Verification Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2691 operating in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description ICSF is a software element of z/OS that works with hardware cryptographic features and the Security Server (RACF) to provide secure, high-speed cryptographic services in the z/OS environment. ICSF, which runs as a started task, provides the application programming interfaces by which applications request the cryptographic services.
Version (Hardware) COP chips integrated within processor unit [1] and COP chips integrated within processor unit and P/N 02WN654-N37880 (Low Power) [2]
Version (Firmware) Feature 3863 (aka FC3863) with System Driver Level 41C [1], and Feature 3863 (aka FC3863) with System Driver Level 41C and CCA 7.0.68z [2]
Tested configurations
  • IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 4 running on an IBM z15 with CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions [1]
  • IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 4 running on an IBM z15 with CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions with CEX7A [2] (single-user mode)
Vendor IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com
Lab atsec information security corporation
Algorithms
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 1 certificates, transitively this expands into 1 certificates.
Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-, DES, Triple-DES, ChaCha20, Poly1305, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, ECC, DH, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA1, SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA-256, SHA-512, MD5
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
TLS
Randomness
TRNG, DRBG, RNG
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, P-192, Curve P-192, curve P-192, Curve25519
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
SSC

Security level
Level 1
Certification process
out of scope, Any firmware loaded into this module that is not shown on the module's certificate is out of scope of this validation, and requires a separate FIPS 140-2 validation

Cross-references

Outgoing
  • 2691 - historical - IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 1 Security Server RACF® Signature Verification Module [1], IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 2 Security Server RACF® Signature Verification Module [2], IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 3 Security Server RACF® Signature Verification Module [3] and IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 4 Security Server RACF® Signature Verification Module [4][5]
Title ICSF-v2r4-Security-Policy_v.1.12
Author Dick Sikkema
Creation date D:20230821205924Z00'00'
Modification date D:20230821205924Z00'00'
Pages 41
Creator Word
Producer macOS Version 11.7.9 (Build 20G1426) Quartz PDFContext

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