AWS Key Management Service HSM
Amazon Web Services, Inc. - FIPS 140 #3009
The Amazon AWS Key Management Service HSM is a multi-chip standalone hardware cryptographic appliance designed to provide dedicated cryptographic functions to meet the security and scalability requirements of the AWS Key Management Service (KMS). The cryptographic boundary is defined as the secure chassis of the appliance. All key materials are maintained exclusively in volatile memory in the appliance and are erased immediately upon detection of physical tampering.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 3009
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- Acumen Security
- First validated
- September 5, 2017
- Versions
- 2.0; 1.3.6
- Caveat
- When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- KAS
- KBKDF
- RSA
- 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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