ANSI X9.97-1-2024

Financial services - Secure cryptographic devices (retail) - Part 1: Concepts, requirements and evaluation methods (identical national adoption of ISO 13491-1-2016)

This part of ANSI X9.97 specifies the security characteristics for secure cryptographic devices (SCDs) based on the cryptographic processes defined in ISO 9564, ISO 16609, and ISO 11568. This part of ANSI X9.97 has two primary purposes: - to state the security characteristics concerning both the operational characteristics of SCDs and the management of such devices throughout all stages of their life cycle; - to provide guidance for methodologies to verify compliance with those requirements. This information is contained in Annex A. ANSI X9.97-2 specifies checklists to be used to evaluate secure cryptographic devices (SCDs) incorporating cryptographic processes as specified in ISO 9564-1, ISO 9564-2, ISO 16609, ISO 11568-1, ISO 11568-2, ISO 11568-3, ISO 11568-4, ISO 11568-5, and ISO 11568-6 in the financial services environment. Annex A provides an informative illustration of the concepts of security levels described in this part of ANSI X9.97 as being applicable to SCDs. This part of ANSI X9.97 does not address issues arising from the denial of service of an SCD. Specific requirements for the security characteristics and management of specific types of SCD functionality used in the retail financial services environment are contained in ANSI X9.97 2.