Transcription of SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULES
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FIPS PUB 140-2 CHANGE NOTICES (12-03-2002) FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING standards PUBLICATION (Supercedes FIPS PUB 140-1, 1994 January 11) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULES CATEGORY: COMPUTER SECURITY SUBCATEGORY: CRYPTOGRAPHY Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900 Issued May 25, 2001 Department of Commerce Donald L. Evans, Secretary Technology Administration Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary for Technology National Institute of standards and Technology Arden L.
This standard specifies the security requirements that will be satisfied by a cryptographic module utilized within a security system protecting sensitive but unclassified information (hereafter referred to as sensitive information). The standard provides four increasing, qualitative levels of security: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4.
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