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SBC 7000 Session Border Controller

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2589 · Sonus Networks, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
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 Section 3 and operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number2589
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorSonus Networks, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsSBC 7000
Firmware versions5.0

Module description

The SBC 7000 Session Border Controller is a high-performance air-cooled, 5U, IP encryption appliances that provide secure SIP-based communications with robust security, reduced latency, real-time encryption (VOIP signaling and media traffic), media transcoding, flexible SIP session routing & policy management.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3482, 3483
CVL557, 558, 559
DRBG860
ECDSA709
HMAC2224, 2225
RSA1788
SHS2876, 2877
Triple-DES1963, 1964

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; MD5

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-03-24InitialEWA - 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: 2016-03-24

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