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Suite B Related Resources

White Papers

Making the Grade: Meeting Government Security Requirements (Suite B) (PDF)
A white paper series explaining the latest government security requirements for sensitive but unclassified communications.

Meeting Government Security Requirements Today and Tomorrow (FIPS 140-2) (PDF)
A white paper discussing the U.S. Government cryptography requirements that hardware and software products must meet for sensitive but unclassifed use.

Meeting Government Security Requirements Today and Tomorow (Certicom Security Architecture for Government) (PDF)
An overview of the Certicom Security Architecture for Government.

Other Documents

The NSA ECC License with Certicom Corp - An FAQ.
Answering most common questions around the NSA license of ECC patents.

Other Resources

Certicom Suite B Power Bundles

Certicom Suite B IP Cores

NSA Suite B Cryptography Facts
What the NSA says about Suite B.

NSA - A Case for Elliptic Curve Cryptography

From Suite B to ECC and FIPS 140-2, technology developers must comply with increasingly stringent standards when it comes to government security. At Certicom, it’s our business to know these standards inside out—and to make sure that our offerings consistently exceed their requirements.

The following standards are of particular interest to government-sector customers today. Click on the links to find out more:

Suite B: What is it?

The Suite B cryptographic specification for sensitive but unclassified communications was recently announced by the US Government National Security Agency (NSA). The intent of Suite B is to standardize a single set of cryptographic algorithms to secure all government communications for the sake of interoperability and information sharing.

In Suite B, the NSA chose the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encryption with Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) required for key agreement and digital signatures. The NSA selected ECC because it offers the most strength per bit and scales linearly with the AES - the required symmetric algorithm in Suite B.

Suite B: What does the NSA say?

NSA Suite B Cryptography Facts

NSA Case for Elliptic Curve Cryptography