RSA BSAFE® Crypto-Kernel
RSA, The Security Division of EMC - FIPS 140 #1159
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-Kernel is a cryptographic library from RSA, The Security Division of EMC, to provide symmetric encryption, hashing, and message authentication code creation, in the operating system kernel. It provides Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher, SHA-256 message digest, and HMAC capabilities.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 1159
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- RSA, The Security Division of EMC
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
- First validated
- July 29, 2009
- Versions
- 1.3.1 [1] and 1.3.1.1 [2]
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- AES
- HMAC
- SHS
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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