Defined term
Cryptographic High Value Product (chvp)
Cryptographic High Value Product (chvp): NSA-approved products incorporating only UNCLASSIFIED components and UNCLASSIFIED cryptographic algorithms.
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Definition
NSA-approved products incorporating only UNCLASSIFIED components and UNCLASSIFIED cryptographic algorithms. This does include COTS, products approved by NSA, but does not include composed commercial solutions or their components, unless an individual component has been approved as a CHVP. Unkeyed CHVPs are not classified or designated as controlled cryptographic item (CCI).
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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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