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Cisco Systems 3504, 5520, and 8540 Wireless LAN Controllers, Version 8.10

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3723 · 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 installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section 3 and operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number3723
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions3504, 5520 and 8540
Firmware versions8.10

Module description

The Cisco Series Wireless Controllers, are a highly scalable and flexible platform that enables system-wide services for mission-critical wireless networking in medium-sized to large enterprises and campus environments.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2346, 3301, 5674, 5675, 5683
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2075, 2076
DRBG2293, 2294, 2299
ECDSA1536, 1537, 1540
HMAC1455, 2095, 3776, 3777, 3784
KBKDF236, 237, 239
KTS
KTS
RSA3053, 3054, 3058
SHS2023, 2737, 4545, 4546, 4555

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #2058, #2060 and #2076, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #2057, #2059 and #2075 with CVL Certs. #2058, #2060 and #2076, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2020-10-06InitialAcumen 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: 2020-10-06

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