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SBC 5400 Session Border Controller

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4023 · Ribbon Communications, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-15

SBC 5400 Session Border Controller, from Ribbon Communications, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4023 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 3.1 of the Security Policy. When FIPS Kit 550-06508 is installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy.

Certificate

Certificate number4023
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRibbon Communications, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsSBC 5400 with ASPEED AST2400 and FIPS Kit 550-06508
Firmware versionsR7.2.1R0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The SBC 5400 Session Border Controller is a high-performance air-cooled, 2U, IP encryption appliance that provides secure SIP-based communications with robust security, reduced latency, real-time encryption (VOIP signaling and media traffic), media transcoding, flexible SIP session routing, and policy management.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (11)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES5676, C868
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL2063, C868, C869, C870
DRBGC868
ECDSAC868
HMAC3779, C868
KTS
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSAC868
SHS4549, C868
Triple-DES2845, C868

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C869 and #C870, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C868, #C869 and #C870, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-09-07InitialEWA - Canada

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: 2021-09-07

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