Cryptographic Module
nounid
2100·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
The set of hardware, software, firmware, or some combination thereof that implements cryptographic logic or processes, including cryptographic algorithms, and is contained within the cryptographic boundary of the module.
polysemousMWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
3.2.2 ¶ 183.2.2 ¶ 593.2.2 ¶ 59
Classifications
Entity Type
System0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- Cryptographic Modules
- possessive
- Cryptographic Module's
- pluralpossessive
- Cryptographic Modules'
Framework definitions
- §1
- The set of hardware, software, firmware, or some combination thereof that implements cryptographic logic or processes, including cryptographic algorithms, and is contained within the cryptographic boundary of the module.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- The set of hardware, software, and/or firmware that implements Approved security functions (including cryptographic algorithms and key generation) and is contained within the cryptographic boundary.
- §1
- The set of hardware, software, firmware, or some combination thereof that implements cryptographic logic or processes, including cryptographic algorithms, and is contained within the cryptographic boundary of the module.
- §1
- The set of hardware, software, and/or firmware that implements Approved security functions (including cryptographic algorithms and key generation) and is contained within the cryptographic boundary.
- §1
- The set of hardware, software, firmware, or some combination thereof that implements cryptographic logic or processes, including cryptographic algorithms, and is contained within the cryptographic boundary of the module.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The set of hardware, software, firmware, or some combination thereof that implements cryptographic logic or processes, including cryptographic algorithms, and is contained within the cryptographic boundary of the module.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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