Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance
Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance, from Symantec, A Division of Broadcom, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3077 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.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3077 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Symantec, A Division of Broadcom · website |
| Software versions | 6.7.2, 6.7.4, 6.7.4.601, 6.7.5 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Blue Coat ProxySG physical and virtual appliances are the core of Symantec’s Unified Security and Optimization solutions for business assurance. The appliances offer complete security and control of web traffic, providing rich policy constructs for threat protection, SSL traffic, authentication, filtering, data loss prevention and logging. SWG VA identifies malicious payloads and then filters, strips, blocks or replaces web content to mitigate risks and prevent data loss. The appliances also optimize web and internal application traffic for data, video, cloud and web applications.
Security level exceptions
- Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
- Physical Security: N/A
- Design Assurance: Level 3
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (10)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | 4596 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | 1265, 1267 |
| DRBG | 1541 |
| HMAC | 3046, 3047 |
| KAS-SSC | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | |
| RSA | 2506, 2507 |
| SHS | 3772, 3773 |
| Triple-DES | 2446 |
Allowed algorithms
MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping, key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- SGOS v6.7.2, SGOS v6.7.4, SGOS v6.7.4.601 and SGOS v6.7.5 on Vmware ESXi 6.0 running on a Dell PowerEdge R830 Server
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-11 | Initial | Acumen Security |
| 2017-12-20 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2019-11-13 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2021-02-16 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2022-05-27 | Update | Acumen Security |
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: 2017-12-11, 2017-12-20, 2019-11-13, 2021-02-16, 2022-05-27