Entrust Authority™ Security Kernel
Entrust Corporation - FIPS 140 #3981
The Security Kernel is a C++ implementation of cryptographic functions accessible by an object-oriented API. Depending on configuration, the algorithms may be implemented in software, hardware, or both.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 3981
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Entrust Corporation
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- UL Verification Services, Inc.
- First validated
- July 15, 2021
- Versions
- 1.0 and 1.1
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode with module [Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcryptprimitives.dll and ncryptsslp.dll) in Windows Server 2016 Standard] validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2936 operating in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- DSA
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- KTS
- RSA
- SHS
- 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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Certificates it builds on
- 2936
Certificate ids found in this certificate's documents (automated extraction).
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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