Boot Manager
Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 #5404
The Windows Boot Manager module is a multi-chip standalone software-hybrid cryptographic module. Boot Manager is the first Windows OS component to load when the computer powers up. When Secure Boot is enabled, the integrity of Boot Manager is validated before loading by the computer’s UEFI firmware. Along with other startup and initialization tasks, Boot Manager loads and cryptographically validates the integrity of Winload.efi (the Windows OS Loader), the next module in the startup sequence. The Boot Manager, which includes parts of BitLocker disk encryption, collects authorization factors, known as “protectors”, by reading data or interacting with the user. BitLocker uses these protectors to encrypt entire disk volumes.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 5404
- Standard
- FIPS 140-3
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- active
- Vendor
- Microsoft Corporation
- Module type
- Software-Hybrid
- Embodiment
- MultiChipStand
- Lab
- Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
- First validated
- August 31, 2026
- Sunset date
- August 30, 2031
- Caveat
- When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. When operated in approved mode with module Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) validated to FIPS 140-3 under Cert. #5408 operating in approved mode. No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs
Algorithms
- AES-CBC
- AES-CCM
- AES-XTS Testing Revision 2.0
- Counter DRBG
- HMAC-SHA2-256
- PBKDF
- RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
- SHA-1
- SHA2-256
- SHA2-384
- SHA2-512
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
- 5408
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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