NSA-Approved Cryptography
nounid
3395·updated May 9, 2026verified
Cryptography that consists of an approved algorithm, an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information and/or controlled unclassified information in a specific environment, and a supporting key management infrastructure. [8]
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
3.2.2 ¶ 593.2.2 ¶ 111
Classifications
Entity Type
Control100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- NSA-Approved Cryptographies
- possessive
- NSA-Approved Cryptography's
- pluralpossessive
- NSA-Approved Cryptographies'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Cryptography that consists of: (i) an approved algorithm; (ii) an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information in a particular environment; and (iii) a supporting key management infrastructure.
- §1
- Cryptography that consists of: (i) an approved algorithm; (ii) an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information in a particular environment; and (iii) a supporting key management infrastructure.
- §1 · glossary
- Cryptography that consists of an approved algorithm, an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information and/or controlled unclassified information in a specific environment, and a supporting key management infrastructure. [8]Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Cryptography that consists of: (i) an approved algorithm; (ii) an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information in a particular environment; and (iii) a supporting key management infrastructure.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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