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HP TippingPoint Security Management System

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1580 · Hewlett-Packard TippingPoint · data as of 2026-10-21

HP TippingPoint Security Management System, from Hewlett-Packard TippingPoint, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #1580 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

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

Certificate

Certificate number1580
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeFirmware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorHewlett-Packard TippingPoint · website
Firmware versions3.2.0.8312.3

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The HP Security Management System Appliance Series delivers enterprise-class security management capabilities that are simple to use and extremely powerful. The Security Management System Appliance is a hardened appliance that provides both global vision and security policy control for large-scale deployments of all HP products, including HP Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Core Controllers, and SSL Appliances. The appliance is responsible for discovering, monitoring, configuring, diagnosing, remediating, and reporting for global IPS deployments.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 2
  • Tested: Fedora Core 10 Operating System running on a HP ProLiant DL320 G6 Server

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES1631, 1632
DRBG87
DSA513
HMAC958, 959
RNG874
RSA805, 806
SHS1436, 1437
Triple-DES1067, 1068

Other algorithms

Blowfish; CAMELLIA; CAST; DES; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); IDEA; MD2; MD5; RC2; RC4; RC5; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); SEED

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2011-08-10InitialSAIC-VA

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: 2011-08-10

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