Primary definition
Equipment designed specifically to facilitate efficient or reliable operation of cryptographic equipment, but which does not itself perform cryptographic functions.
Also known ascrypto-ancillary · crypto ancillary · CAE · cryptographic support equipment · crypto support equipment
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— Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015View source
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Equipment designed specifically to facilitate efficient or reliable operation of cryptographic equipment, but which does not itself perform cryptographic functions.
Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015 · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Cryptographic Ancillary Equipment (crypto Ancillary. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/cryptographic-ancillary-equipment-crypto-ancillary
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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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