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SBC 7000 Session Border Controller

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2589 · Sonus Networks, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

SBC 7000 Session Border Controller, from Sonus Networks, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2589 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 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

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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 (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
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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