KSV-21

The KSV -21 Enhanced Crypto Card is a certified by the National Security Agency PC ​​card which Type 1 encryption functions, and a memory for cryptographic key for the Secure Terminal Equipment and other equipment provides.

The KSV -21 was built by Mykontronx as tamper-proof reprogrammable module, which is backward compatible with the KOV -14 Fortezza Plus card. It adds functions such as the Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol ( SCIP ), an extension of the Firefly protocol and the key management initiative of the 21st century, the NSA. You can perform 1 encryption and hash operations with 80 MBit / s type. As of 2008, the KOV -14 has been discontinued and replaced by the KSV -21.

The U.S. version is certified for the protection of classified data to the classification Top Secret / SCI, as well as unclassified information.

There are also versions for other nations, this includes:

  • Canadian National ( KSV -22)
  • Combined Communications Electronics Board ( CCEB ) ( KSV -30)
  • NATO ( KSV -40)
  • Coalition partners (SSV -50)

Prices range from $ 900 for individual tickets to $ 400 under each in quantities of several thousand units in 2008.

In February 2012, the KSV -21 and other similar cards by SafeNet in the "End -of- Life" was mixed status.

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