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McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center Virtual Appliance

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2416 · McAfee, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-08

McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center Virtual Appliance, from McAfee, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2416 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. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy in Section Secure Operation. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number2416
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorMcAfee, Inc. · website
Software versions5.3.2 Patch 6

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center simplifies the management of multiple McAfee Firewall Enterprise appliances. Control Center enables centralized management and monitoring of the McAfee Firewall Enterprise solutions, allowing network administrators to centrally define firewall policy, deploy updates and inventory their firewall products.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES2973, 3117
CVL379
DRBG567, 628
DSA886, 901
HMAC1885, 1954
RSA1562, 1588
SHS2499, 2573
Triple-DES1762, 1788

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength); DRBG (non-compliant); MD5

Tested configurations

  • MLOS v2.2.3 on VMware vSphere 5.0 running on a Intel SR2625URLX (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-07-30InitialEWA - Canada

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: 2015-07-30

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