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Ciena 6500 Flex3 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Encryption Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2697 · Ciena® Corporation · 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 Section 3.1 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2697
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorCiena® Corporation · website
Hardware versions1.0 with PCB P/N NTK539QS-220
Firmware versions2.00

Module description

The Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Flex3 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Encryption Module offers an integrated transport encryption solution providing protocol-agnostic 100Gb/s or 200Gb/s wirespeed encryption service for enterprises, datacenters, government and also offered through service providers as differentiated managed service.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3601, 3602
CVL624
DRBG934
ECDSA736, 737
HMAC2298
SHS2963, 2964
Triple-DES2005

Other algorithms

EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 192 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-08-04InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants 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: 2016-08-04

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