RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C
RSA, The Security Division of EMC - FIPS 140 #163
The RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Module version 5.2.1 is a software development kit that allows software and hardware developers to incorporate encryption technologies directly into their products. It provides a variety of cryptographic services to calling applications that are documented in RSA’s RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Security Components for C Library Reference Manual. RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C is a C-language API available as a static library, a dynamic library and as source code.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 163
- Standard
- FIPS 140-1
- 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
- August 15, 2001
- Versions
- 5.2.1
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- DSA
- RSA
- SHA-1
- Triple-DES
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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