NSA Suite A Cryptography

{{short description|Classified U.S. cryptographic algorithms}}

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NSA Suite A Cryptography is NSA cryptography which "contains classified algorithms that will not be released." "Suite A will be used for the protection of some categories of especially sensitive information (a small percentage of the overall national security-related information assurance market)."

Incomplete list of Suite A algorithms:{{Cite web|url=https://gdmissionsystems.com/-/media/General-Dynamics/Cyber-and-Electronic-Warfare-Systems/PDF/Brochures/cyber-poet-acm-high-speed-encryptor-datasheet.ashx|title=POET ACM: Programmable Objective Encryption Technologies Advanced Cryptographic Module.|last=|first=|date=|website=General Dynamics Mission Systems|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108180327/https://gdmissionsystems.com/-/media/General-Dynamics/Cyber-and-Electronic-Warfare-Systems/PDF/Brochures/cyber-poet-acm-high-speed-encryptor-datasheet.ashx|archive-date=8 January 2020|access-date=8 January 2020}}

• ACCORDION
• BATON
• CDL 1
• CDL 2
• FFC
• FIREFLY
• JOSEKI
• KEESEE
• MAYFLY
• MEDLEY
• MERCATOR
• SAVILLE
• SHILLELAGH
• WALBURN
• WEASEL

A recently discovered Internet-available procurement specifications document for the military's new key load device, the NGLD-M, reveals additional, more current, Suite A algorithm names and their uses (page 48, section 3.2.7.1 Algorithms):{{Cite web|url=https://imlive.s3.amazonaws.com/Federal%20Government/ID20822506928613757077177360024332371498/Attachment_11_-NGLD-M_SRD_v4.0_06172019.pdf|title=Next Generation Load Device – Medium (NGLD-M) - System Requirements Document|last=|first=|date=|website=Federal Government Procurement Public Amazon S3 Bucket|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

• ACCORDION 1.3 & 3.0 - TrKEK Encrypt/Decrypt and Internal Key Wrap, respectively.
• SPONDULIX-S - KMI Key Agreement
• WATARI - Secure Software Confidentiality
• KM-TG Series - Security Software Signature
• SILVER LINING - Security Software Signature