Compliant Meter Postal Security Device (CoMet PSD)
Pitney Bowes, Inc. - FIPS 140 #547
The Pitney Bowes Compliant Meter Postal Security Device (PSD) has been designed in compliance with the United States Postal Service (USPS), Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP), Canada Post Corporations Digital Indicia Standard, and Deutsche Post's FrankIT New Generation Digital Franking program. It employs strong encryption, decryption, and digital signature techniques for the protection of customer funds in Pitney Bowes global digital metering products. The PSD has been designed to support international postal markets and their rapidly evolving requirements for digital indicia.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 547
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 3
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Pitney Bowes, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- UL Verification Services, Inc.
- First validated
- June 2, 2005
- Versions
- US: 1A00ABA Revision A and 1A0TAAA Revision A; German: 1A51AAA Revision B; Canada: 1AECABA Revision A and 1ACTAAA.
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- DSA
- HMAC-SHA-1
- SHS
- Skipjack
- Triple-DES
- Triple-DES MAC
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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