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Ciena Waveserver Ai Encryption Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3498 · Ciena® Corporation · 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 installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 12 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3498
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorCiena® Corporation · website
Hardware versions186-1606-820-EB, Revision 003 with PCB P/N: 174-0534-220 Revision 002 [1], [2], [3], [4], PCB P/N: 174-0534-221 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4], or PCB P/N: 174-0534-222 Revision 001 [1], [2], [3], [4] or PCB P/N: 174-0534-223 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4]
Firmware versions1.3.5 [1], 1.3.6 [2], 1.3.61 [3] or 1.3.62 [4]

Module description

The Ciena Waveserver Ai, with WCS2 and Encryption cards, offers a Layer 1 AES-256-GCM encryption solution for 100GE clients supporting 100Gbs to 400Gb/s wirespeed encryption per line port for enterprises, datacenters and government deployments.

Security level exceptions

  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AESC120, C122, C186, 4438
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLC122, C186
DRBGC122, C186
ECDSAC122, C186
HMACC122, C186
KTS4438, C120, C122
RSAC186
SHSC122, C186

Allowed algorithms

EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #C122, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2019-07-24InitialAcumen Security
2019-12-26UpdateAcumen Security
2020-02-21UpdateAcumen Security
2020-09-08UpdateAcumen Security
2021-12-13UpdateAcumen 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: 2019-07-24, 2019-12-26, 2020-02-21, 2020-09-08, 2021-12-13

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