McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances
McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances, from Intel Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2531 at overall level 2. 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.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section Secure Operation. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 2531 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Intel Corporation · website |
| Hardware versions | 5000 with EWG-5000-FIPS-KIT and 5500 with EWG-5500-FIPS-KIT |
| Firmware versions | 7.3.2.3.4 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The McAfee Web Gateway is a high-performance, enterprise-strength proxy security appliance family that provides the caching, authentication, administration, authorization controls and deep-level content security filtering required by today's most demanding enterprises. McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances deliver scalable deployment flexibility and performance. McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances deliver comprehensive security for all aspects of Web 2.0 traffic.
Security level exceptions
- Design Assurance: Level 3
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (8)
Other algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG
Tested configurations
- N/A
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-11 | Initial | EWA - 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: 2016-01-11