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Ciena Waveserver Ai WCS-2 Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3526 · Ciena® Corporation · data as of 2026-10-21

Ciena Waveserver Ai WCS-2 Module, from Ciena® Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3526 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. 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 number3526
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorCiena® Corporation · website
Hardware versions186-1034-411-EB, Revision 002 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 Revision 001 [1], [2], [3], [4], 186-1034-411-EB, Revision 003 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4], 186-1034-411-EB, Revision 004 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4], 186-1034-411-EB, Revision 005 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4], 186-1034-411-EB, Revision 006 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 Revision 001 [2], [3], [4] or 186-1034-411-EB, Revision 007 with PCB P/N: 186-1034-210 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

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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

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

Approved algorithms (10)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES4438, C125, C193
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLC193
DRBGC125, C193
ECDSAC193
HMACC125, C193
KASC193
KTS
RSAC193
SHSC125, C193

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #C193, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #C193, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits or 128 bits of encryption strength);

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2019-09-16InitialAcumen Security
2020-02-21UpdateAcumen Security
2020-05-22UpdateAcumen Security
2020-08-28UpdateAcumen Security
2021-10-01UpdateAcumen Security
2021-12-14UpdateAcumen Security
2022-05-10UpdateAcumen 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: 2019-09-16, 2020-02-21, 2020-05-22, 2020-08-28, 2021-10-01, 2021-12-14, 2022-05-10

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