808bits

nShield F3 6000e, nShield F3 1500e, nShield F3 500e, nShield F3 10e, nShield F3 6000e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 1500e for nShield Connect and nShield F3 500e for nShield Connect

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2640 · nCipher Security Limited · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. SP 800-131A transition which disallows key wrapping not compliant to SP 800-38F.. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 3 per Security Policy. The protocol TLS shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number2640
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendornCipher Security Limited · website
Hardware versionsnC4033E-6K0, nC4033E-1K5, nC4033E-500, nC4033E-010, nC4033E-6K0N, nC4033E-1K5N and nC4033E-500N, Build Standard N
Firmware versions2.61.2-3

Module description

The nShield modules: nShield F3 10e, nShield F3 500e, nShield F3 1500e, nShield F3 6000e, nShield F3 500e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 1500e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 6000e for nShield Connect are tamper evident and tamper responsive Hardware Security Modules which provide support for the widest range of cryptographic algorithms, application programming interfaces (APIs) and host operating systems, enabling the devices to be used with virtually any business application. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3419
CVL516, 532
DRBG824
DSA963
ECDSA686
HMAC2177
KBKDF57
KTS
RSA1751
SHS2825
Triple-DES1930
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

ARC4; Aria; Camellia; CAST-256; DES; Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #515, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #515, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); ECMQV (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); El-Gamal; HAS-160; HMAC-MD5; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-Tiger; KCDSA; MD5; NDRNG; RIPEMD-160; RSA (encrypt/decrypt); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); SEED; Tiger; TLS KDF (non-compliant); Triple-DES (Cert. #1930, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-05-13InitialDXC Technology
2020-01-29UpdateLightship Security, Inc.

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: 2016-05-13, 2020-01-29

Source documents