In cryptography

Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...

, Type 2 products are unclassified cryptographic equipment, assemblies, or components, endorsed by the National Security Agency

National Security Agency

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...

 (NSA), for use in telecommunications and automated information system

Information system

An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

s for the protection of national security

National security

National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...

 information.

Note: The term refers only to products, and not to information, key, services, or controls. Type 2 products may not be used for classified information

Classified information

Classified information is sensitive information to which access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of persons. A formal security clearance is required to handle classified documents or access classified data. The clearance process requires a satisfactory background investigation...

, but contain classified NSA algorithms (e.g. CORDOBA) that distinguish them from products containing unclassified algorithms like DES

Data Encryption Standard

The Data Encryption Standard is a block cipher that uses shared secret encryption. It was selected by the National Bureau of Standards as an official Federal Information Processing Standard for the United States in 1976 and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally. It is...

. Type 2 products are subject to export restrictions

Export of cryptography

The export of cryptography in the United States is the transfer from the United States to another country of devices and technology related to cryptography....

 in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

International Traffic in Arms Regulations is a set of United States government regulations that control the export and import of defense-related articles and services on the United States Munitions List...

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See also

• Type 1 product
• Type 3 product
• Type 4 product
• NSA Suite B Cryptography
• NSA Suite A Cryptography

Parts of this article have been derived from Federal Standard 1037C

Federal Standard 1037C

Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended....

 and from the National Information Systems Security Glossary