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FortiGate-VM Virtual Appliances

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3532 · Fortinet, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-13

FortiGate-VM Virtual Appliances, from Fortinet, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3532 at overall level 1. 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 operated in FIPS mode and configured according to the Entropy Token Section of the Security Policy. There is no assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys

Certificate

Certificate number3532
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorFortinet, Inc. · website
Software versionsFortiGate-VM 5.4, b3276, 171006

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The FortiGate-VM appliances are software modules designed to execute on a General Purpose Computer (GPC) hardware platform running the VMware hypervisor and FortiOS 5.4. The FortiOS provides integrated firewall, VPN, antivirus, antispam, intrusion prevention, content filtering and traffic shaping and HA capabilities.

Security level exceptions

  • Cryptographic Module Ports and Interfaces: Level 3
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 3

Approved algorithms (9)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES5404, 5405
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL1862, 1863, 1864, 1865
DRBG2102
ECDSA1432, 1433
HMAC3579, 3580
KTS
RSA2890
SHS4338, 4339

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1862 and #1864, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 200 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1862 and #1864, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); MD5; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • FortiGate-VM on FortiHypervisor v1.1.0,build 0129 (single-user mode) running on FortiHypervisor-500D with Intel Xeon E3 processor with the Fortinet entropy token (part number FTR-ENT-1 or FTR-ENT-2)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2019-09-20InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants 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: 2019-09-20

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