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nShield F3 500, nShield F3 500 for NetHSM and nShield F3 10 PCI

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1198 · Thales - nCipher · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 3 per Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number1198
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendorThales - nCipher · website
Hardware versionsnC4033P-500, nC4033P-500N, and nC4033P-10, Build Standard N
Firmware versions2.38.4-3 and 2.38.7-3

Module description

The nCipher modules: nShield F3 500, Shield F3 500 for NetHSM, and nShield 10 family of secure e-commerce HSM's are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher modules are FIPS 140-2 level 3 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES994, 962
AES GCM994
DSA341
ECDSA121
HMAC560
RNG564
RSA478
SHS960
Triple-DES775, 757
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

ARC FOUR; Aria; Camellia; CAST 6; DES; MD5; SEED; HMAC-MD5, HMAC-Tiger, HMAC-RIPEMD160; RIPEMD 160; Tiger; El-Gamal; KCDSA; HAS 160; AES (Cert. #994, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 192 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength), ECMQV (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; DSA (FIPS 186-3; non-compliant); ECDSA (FIPS 186-3; non-compliant)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2009-10-06InitialDOMUS
2010-02-17Update

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2009-10-06, 2010-02-17

Source documents