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nCipher PMC 1600 PCI

FIPS 140-2 certificate #332 · nCipher Corporation Ltd. · data as of 2026-09-08

nCipher PMC 1600 PCI, from nCipher Corporation Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #332 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 operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number332
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendornCipher Corporation Ltd. · website
Hardware versionsnC3033M-4K0, Build Standard A
Firmware versions2.1.23-2

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI secure e-Commerce SSL family of secure ecommerce accelerators are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI may be initialized as a FIPS 140-2 level 2 embedded device. The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI improves data security and increases server throughput in applications using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol such as: secure web servers, e-commerce sites, Internet financial transactions, authenticated access to intranets and extranets and digital signatures and secure messaging.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Self Tests: Level 4

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES15
DSA60
HMAC-SHA-1vendor affirmed
RSAvendor affirmed
SHA-195
Triple-DES109
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #173); DES MAC (Cert. #173, vendor affirmed); ARC FOUR; CAST5; CAST6; HMAC (MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 and RIPEMD-160); SHA-256; SHA-384; SHA-512; RIPEMD-160; El-Gamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); Blowfish; Twofish; Serpent; MD2; MD5; SEED; KCDSA; HAS 160

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2003-06-27InitialDOMUS

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: 2003-06-27

Source documents