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Ciena 6500 Flex3 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Encryption Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2697 · Ciena® Corporation · data as of 2026-10-21

Ciena 6500 Flex3 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Encryption Module, from Ciena® Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2697 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.

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

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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 (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
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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