ProtectV StartGuard
SafeNet, Inc. - FIPS 140 #2151
ProtectV StartGuard authorizes whether or not a virtual machine instance secured by SafeNet ProtectV can be launched. StartGuard enables a challenge response authentication mechanism to be inserted in the boot transition process when ProtectV is being started up, during the transition between the first to second phase of the boot process. StartGuard is configurable to suit customers’ security and privacy requirements.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 2151
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- SafeNet, Inc.
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc
- First validated
- May 13, 2014
- Versions
- 1.0
- Caveat
- None
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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