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FIPS 140 requirements for authenticators at AAL2 #1970

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jimfenton opened this issue Jul 2, 2020 · 1 comment
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FIPS 140 requirements for authenticators at AAL2 #1970

jimfenton opened this issue Jul 2, 2020 · 1 comment
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SP 800-63B Section 4.2.2 says:

Authenticators procured by government agencies SHALL be validated to meet the requirements of FIPS 140 Level 1.

Need more precision on this requirement; the intent (exempting public-owned BYO authenticators from the requirement) may be more directly addressed by replacing "procured" with "issued". Also need to consider cases where the CSP is not directly a government agency, but perhaps a contractor.
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jricher commented Jul 2, 2020

This might warrant a FAQ entry to explain what was meant there.

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