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NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3248 · Cavium Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized and configured per the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3248
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorCavium Inc. · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns CN1610-NFBE1-3.0-G, CN1620-NFBE1-3.0-G, CN1620-NFBE3-3.0-G, CN1610-NFBE1-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE1-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE3-2.0-G and FN1620-NFBE2-G
Firmware versionsCN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.3-180205

Module description

The NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM adapter family delivers the world's fastest FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Hardware Security Module (HSM) with PCIe Gen 2.0. The HSM family of offers up to 9000 RSA 2k-bit operations per second and 5 Gbps of bulk crypto.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1265, 2899, 4026
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL166, 847
DRBG32
ECDSA1276
HMAC443, 736, 1677
KAS153
KTS
RSA2701
SHS801, 1165, 1379
Triple-DES898, 2204

Allowed algorithms

MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2018-07-27InitialUL Verification Services, 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: 2018-07-27

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