KSV-21

The KSV-21 Enhanced Crypto Card is a US National Security Agency-approved PC card that provides Type 1 encryption functions and key storage to the STE secure telephones and other devices.

The KSV-21 was originally built by SafeNet but has since been purchased by Raytheon [1] as a tamper-resistant reprogrammable module and is backwards compatible with the KOV-14 Fortezza Plus card. It adds features including support for SCIP, Enhanced Firefly and NSA's 21st century Key Management Initiative. It can perform Type 1 encryption and hash operations at 80 Mbit/s. As of 2008, the KOV-14 is beginning to be phased out and replaced by the KSV-21.[2]

The US version is certified to protect classified data through the Top Secret/SCI level as well as unclassified sensitive information. Versions are available for use with other nations, including:

Prices range from $900 for single units to under $400/each in multi-thousand lot quantities as of 2008.[3]

As of February 2012, the KSV-21 and several related cards had been placed on "end -of-life" status by SafeNet.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/ksv21/index.html''. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  2. ↑ Information Technology Department of the National Nuclear Security Administration. "Solicitation DE-AI52-08NA28817". DoE Industry Interactive Procurement System. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  3. ↑ "KSV-21_order_07.pdf".
  4. ↑ http://www.safenet-inc.com/uploadedFiles/About_SafeNet/Resource_Library/Resource_Items/Other_Docs_EDP/SafeNet_ECC_EOL_Letter.pdf

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