Authoritative Requirements, Policy Currency, and the CMVP Ecosystem

Distinguish the normative roles of FIPS 140-3, ISO/IEC 19790, ISO/IEC 24759, CMVP Implementation Guidance, NIST Special Publications, and CMVP program manuals.

Verify the currency, effective date, supersession status, and applicability of sources used to answer a FIPS 140-3 or CMVP policy question.

Apply source hierarchy and applicability rules to resolve an apparent conflict among a base requirement, derived test requirement, and Implementation Guidance.

Trace a security requirement from its normative clause to applicable test procedures, evidence, and CMVP guidance.

Assign evidence-production, testing, review, decision, and escalation responsibilities among the vendor, accredited laboratory, NIST, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

Evaluate whether a product claim accurately distinguishes a validated cryptographic module from a product that merely uses validated cryptography.

Create a reusable requirements-source, policy-currency, and responsibility checklist.