Appendix B: TE Tables

TE filters serve as a pivotal mechanism to streamline the classification and evaluation of TE, ensuring that only relevant and applicable tests are conducted based on specific module characteristics. A properly tailored set of applicable TEs, based on a given module specification, refines the required assessments and optimizes the validation process.

With the growing complexity of cryptographic modules and the need for efficient validation, TE filters are designed to:

• Target specific needs through focusing on applicable tests by narrowing down evidence requirements based on module attributes such as type, security level, and operational environment;

• Reduce redundancy through minimizing repetitive validation steps by filtering out TEs that are not relevant to a given module’s configuration or features;

• Enhance automation through supporting automated workflows by integrating filters into structured JSON schemas, aligning with automation tools like WebCryptik.

By leveraging these filters, vendors and validators can focus on precise compliance requirements, reducing manual overhead while maintaining robust security standards. The TETables.json file provides a machine-readable filter for the TEs. This is leveraged by the ACMVP server to determine the applicability of TEs for a given module under test.

The tables in this section depict applicable TEs for each combination of the basic filtering criteria based on TETables_v2.3.03.json developed by the NCCoE ACMVP project team. The latest TE Tables document can be found on the ACMVPDocs GitHub repository.