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FIPS 140-3 Development

Past Development (2005-2012)

The following table summarizes the first several years of FIPS 140-3 development.

Date Activity
2/12/2005

Federal Register Notice: Announcing Development of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, a Revision of FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.

 

2/28/2005 Public comment period ended for new and revised requirements for FIPS 140-3.
9/26/2005-9/29/2005 Physical Security Testing Workshop
3/31/2007 NIST completed preparing the first public draft of FIPS 140-3 and began the NIST / Department of Commerce administrative review and release process.
7/13/2007

Federal Register NoticeAnnouncing Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules; Request for Comments

10/11/2007

Public comment period ended for Draft FIPS 140-3 (July 2007)

3/18/2008 FIPS 140-3 Software Security Workshop
12/11/2009

Federal Register NoticeAnnouncing Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules; Request for Comments

3/11/2010

Public comment period ended for Revised Draft FIPS 140-3 (Dec 2009)

8/30/2012

Federal Register Notice: NIST Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 (Second Draft), Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules; Request for Additional Comments

10/01/2012 Public comment period ended.

 

Contacts

Cryptographic Module Validation Program
cmvp@nist.gov

Topics

Security and Privacy: cryptography, testing & validation

Technologies: hardware, software & firmware

Related Projects

FIPS 140-3 Transition Effort

Created August 04, 2017, Updated June 22, 2020