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What we do

About Us

Our Background

With two decades of experience completing hundreds of successful FIPS 140 projects, Mark Minnoch and Steve Weymann launched KeyPair Consulting to deliver dramatically superior service to our clients.

Our Vision

To be the company that best understands, guides, and executes the FIPS 140 strategies of our clients.

How we help

Our Services

FIPS Consulting

Consulting, documentation services, and project management for FIPS 140 validations

Private Labels

Private label validations for open source software FIPS 140 modules

“FIPS Inside” Review

Add value for your federal customers with a “FIPS 140-2 Inside” Compliance Letter

Who we are

Our Team

Mark J. Minnoch

Co-Founder, CISSP, CISA

Steve Weymann

Co-Founder, CISSP

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Latest News

OpenSSL FIPS Object Module 2.0 on CD

Looking for the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module (FOM) 2.0 distribution on CD? (For FIPS 140-2 Certificates #1747, #2398, and #2473) KeyPair Consulting will send you a CD for FREE. Send …

Basic info / CMVP news

FIPS 140-2 Certificates for Q1 2018

We’ve done the work consolidating the data into graphs to show the FIPS 140-2 program performance for the first quarter of 2018. Also included in the report are five-year trending …

Basic info / CMVP news

NIST Fees for FIPS 140-2 Validations

Fees are collected for NIST CMVP report review of new and modified module submissions. For additional details on the Implementation Guidance (IG) G.8 scenarios listed below, see Maintaining a FIPS 140-2 …

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Headquarters

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San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
United States

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