Automation of the NIST CMVP: Draft April Status Report
September 10, 2025

The initial public draft of NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 37B, Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program: April 2025 Status Report, is now available for public comment through October 10, 2025.

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) validates third-party assertions that cryptographic module implementations satisfy the requirements of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has undertaken the Automated Cryptographic Module Validation Project (ACMVP) to support improvement in the efficiency and timeliness of CMVP operations and processes. The goal is to demonstrate a suite of automated tools that would permit organizations to perform testing of their cryptographic products according to the requirements of FIPS 140-3, then directly report the results to NIST using appropriate protocols.

This is a status report of progress made since October 2024 with the ACMVP and the planned next steps for the project.