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Cisco Firepower Threat Defense on ASA Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3315 · Cisco Systems, 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. When installed with the tamper evident seals and opacity shields, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3315
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsASA 5506-X[1][2], ASA 5506H-X[1][2], ASA 5506W-X[1][2], ASA 5508-X[1][3], ASA 5516-X[1][4], ASA 5525-X[1], ASA 5545-X[1] and ASA 5555-X[1] with [AIR-AP-FIPSKIT=][1], [ASA5506-FIPS-KIT=][2], [ASA5508-FIPS-KIT=][3] and [ASA5516-FIPS-KIT=][4]
Firmware versions6.2

Module description

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) is a unified software image, which includes the Cisco ASA features and FirePOWER Services. This unified software is capable of offering the functions of ASA and FirePOWER deployed on Cisco Firepower 4100 Series and the Firepower 9300 appliances as well the FTD can be also be deployed on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) ASA 5506-X, ASA 5506H-X, ASA 5506W-X, ASA 5508-X, ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515-X, ASA 5516-X, ASA 5525-X, ASA 5545-X, and ASA 5555-X.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2050, 2444, 2472, 3301, 4905
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL1521
DRBG332, 336, 819, 1735
ECDSA1254
HMAC1247, 1514, 2095, 3272
RSA2678
SHS1794, 2091, 2737, 4012
Triple-DES1321, 1513, 1881, 2559

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1521, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1521, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2018-10-26InitialGossamer Security Solutions

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: 2018-10-26

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