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The `!Cryptographic Modernization Program`! is a `F33f`_`[Department of Defense`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_Department_of_Defense]`_`f directed, `F33f`_`[NSA`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NSA]`_`f Information Assurance Directorate led effort to transform and modernize `F33f`_`[Information Assurance`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Information_Assurance]`_`f capabilities for the 21st century. It has three phases:

• Replacement- All at risk devices to be replaced.

• Modernization- Integrate modular (programmable/ `F33f`_`[embedded`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Embedded_system]`_`f) crypto solutions.

• Transformation- Be compliant to `F33f`_`[GIG`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Global_Information_Grid]`_`f/ `F33f`_`[NetCentrics`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NetCentrics]`_`f requirements.

The CM is a joint initiative to upgrade the DoD crypto inventory. Of the 1.3 million `F33f`_`[cryptographic devices`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cryptosystem]`_`f in the U.S. inventory, 73 percent will be replaced over the next 10 to 15 years by ongoing and planned `F33f`_`[C4ISR`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=C4ISTAR]`_`f systems programs, `F33f`_`[Information Technology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Information_Technology]`_`f modernization initiatives and advanced weapons platforms.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]

All `F33f`_`[command and control`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Command_and_control]`_`f, communications, computer, `F33f`_`[intelligence`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Intelligence_(information_gathering)]`_`f, `F33f`_`[surveillance`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Surveillance]`_`f, `F33f`_`[reconnaissance`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Reconnaissance]`_`f, `F33f`_`[information technology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Information_technology]`_`f and `F33f`_`[weapons systems`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Weapons_systems]`_`f that rely upon `F33f`_`[cryptography`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cryptography]`_`f for the provision of assured `F33f`_`[confidentiality`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Confidentiality]`_`f, `F33f`_`[integrity`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Data_integrity]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[authentication`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Authentication]`_`f services will become a part of this long-term undertaking. The Cryptographic Modernization program is a tightly integrated partnership between the NSA, the military departments, operational commands, defense agencies, the `F33f`_`[Joint Staff`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Joint_Staff]`_`f, federal government entities and industry.

The program is a multibillion-dollar, multi-year undertaking that will transform cryptographic security capabilities for national security systems at all echelons and points of use. It will exploit new and emerging technologies, provide advanced enabling infrastructure capabilities, and at the same time, modernize legacy devices that are now operationally employed.

The program also directly supports the DoD vision of the `F33f`_`[Global Information Grid`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Global_Information_Grid]`_`f. The security configuration features enable new `F33f`_`[cryptosystems`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cryptosystems]`_`f to provide secure information delivery anywhere on the global grid while using the grid itself for security configuration and provisioning—seamless integration.`:cite-ref-autogenerated1-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-autogenerated1-2]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Technology`#technology]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Cryptography`#cryptography]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Interoperability`#interoperability]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Devices`#devices]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>Technology

>>>Cryptography

Most modernized devices will include both `F33f`_`[Suite A`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NSA_Suite_A_Cryptography]`_`f (US only) and `F33f`_`[Suite B`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NSA_Suite_B]`_`f support. This allows for protection of sensitive government data as well as interoperability with coalition partners, such as `F33f`_`[NATO`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NATO]`_`f.`:cite-ref-autogenerated1-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-autogenerated1-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-autogenerated2-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-autogenerated2-3]`_`f] The program includes the DOD's Key Management Initiative which is designed to replace cumbersome special purpose channels for distribution of `F33f`_`[cryptographic keys`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Key_(cryptography)]`_`f with a network-based approach by 2015.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

>>>Interoperability

The NSA has also led the effort to create standards for devices to prevent vendor lock in.`:cite-ref-autogenerated2-3-1[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-autogenerated2-3]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=High_Assurance_Internet_Protocol_Encryptor]`_`f (HAIPE)

• Link Encryptor Family (LEF)

• `F33f`_`[Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Secure_Communications_Interoperability_Protocol]`_`f (SCIP)

>>>Devices

The modernized devices that are being built usually include the ability to add to or replace the current algorithms as firmware updates as newer ones become available.`:cite-ref-autogenerated1-2-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-autogenerated1-2]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Defence News - Defence Industry Reports". `*www.defenceindustryreports.com`*. Retrieved 2019-04-07.

`:cite-note-autogenerated1-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-autogenerated1-2-0]`_`f Leveraging Cybersecurity - Interview with Daniel G. Wolf - Military Information Technology Archived 2006-11-08 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f

`:cite-note-autogenerated2-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-autogenerated2-3-0]`_`f Security Guide: Operationalizing the IA Component of the GIG - Richard C. Schaeffer Jr. - Military Information Technology Archived 2007-10-11 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f Allen Walton "Army Key Management System 2007 update". Army Communicator. Fall 2007. FindArticles.com. 21 Aug. 2008.

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