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IBM® z/OS® Version 2 Release 4 ICSF PKCS #11 Cryptographic Module

Certificate #4591

Webpage information ?

Status active
Validation dates 11.09.2023
Sunset date 09-05-2026
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software-Hybrid
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode with module IBM(R) z/OS(R) Version 2 Release 4 Security Server RACF(R) Signature Verification Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2691 operating in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description ICSF is a software element of z/OS that works with hardware cryptographic features and the Security Server (RACF) to provide secure, high-speed cryptographic services in the z/OS environment. ICSF, which runs as a started task, provides the application programming interfaces by which applications request the cryptographic services.
Version (Hardware) COP chips integrated within processor unit [1] and COP chips integrated within processor unit and P/N 02WN654-N37880 (Low Power) [2]
Version (Firmware) Feature 3863 (aka FC3863) with System Driver Level 41C [1], and Feature 3863 (aka FC3863) with System Driver Level 41C and CCA 7.0.68z [2]
Tested configurations
  • IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 4 running on an IBM z15 with CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions [1]
  • IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 4 running on an IBM z15 with CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions with CEX7A [2] (single-user mode)
Vendor IBM Corporation
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 1 certificates, transitively this expands into 1 certificates.
Certificate
Webpage

Document information ?

Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-, DES, Triple-DES, ChaCha20, Poly1305, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, ECC, DH, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA1, SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA-256, SHA-512, MD5
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
TLS
Randomness
TRNG, DRBG, RNG
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, P-192, Curve P-192, curve P-192, Curve25519
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
SSC

Security level
Level 1
Certification process
out of scope, is running. Any firmware loaded into this module that is not shown on the module’s certificate is out of scope of this validation, and requires a separate FIPS 140-2 validation. 9.2 Module Configuration for

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS140-2, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 186-2, FIPS 180-4, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 197, FIPS186-4, SP 800-38F, SP 800-38D, SP 800-90A, SP 800-107, SP 800-38A, SP 800-67, NIST SP 800-131A, SP 800-131A, NIST SP 800-90A, PKCS #11, PKCS#1, PKCS #1, PKCS#11, PKCS11, RFC 3526, RFC 7919, RFC 2104

File metadata

Title: ICSF-v2r4-Security-Policy_v.1.12
Author: Dick Sikkema
Creation date: D:20230821205924Z00'00'
Modification date: D:20230821205924Z00'00'
Pages: 41
Creator: Word
Producer: macOS Version 11.7.9 (Build 20G1426) Quartz PDFContext

References

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No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

  • 01.11.2023 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The certificate_pdf_url property was set to https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/September 2023_101023_1100 signed (2).pdf.
  • 18.09.2023 The certificate was first processed.
    New certificate

    A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data 

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