X4i Postal Security Device (PSD)
Pitney Bowes, Inc. - FIPS 140 #4081
The X4i PSD is a single chip cryptographic module using the Maxim MAX32590 hardware that provides security services to support the creation of digital postage evidence in the form of an indicium.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 4081
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 3
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Pitney Bowes, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Single Chip
- Lab
- Penumbra Security, Inc.
- First validated
- November 30, 2021
- Versions
- MAX32590 Secure Microcontroller Revision B4; PB Bootloader Version 00.00.0016, PSD Application Versions 21.07.0013 and 21.07.0018, and Device Abstraction Layer (DAL) Version 01.02.0027 and 01.02.0041
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS Mode. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys.
Algorithms
- AES
- DRBG
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- KTS
- 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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