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CMVP Approved Sensitive Security Parameter Generation and Establishment Methods: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759:2017(E)

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Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

Abstract

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140D replaces the approved sensitive security parameter generation and establishment methods requirements of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex D. As a validation authority, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) may supersede this Annex in its entirety. This document supersedes ISO/IEC 19790 Annex D and ISO/IEC 24759 paragraph 6.16.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-140D
Report Number
800-140D
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Cryptographic Module Validation Program, CMVP, FIPS 140 testing, FIPS 140-3, ISO/IEC 19790, ISO/IEC 2759, Sensitive Security Parameter Establishment Methods, Sensitive Security Parameter Generation, testing requirement, vendor evidence, vendor documentation
Information technology, Cryptography, Conformance testing and Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Schaffer, K. (2020), CMVP Approved Sensitive Security Parameter Generation and Establishment Methods: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759:2017(E), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-140D (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created March 20, 2020, Updated May 4, 2021
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