Cisco FIPS Object Module

Certificate

Module description

The Cisco FIPS Object Module (FOM) is a firmware library that provides cryptographic services to a vast array of Cisco's networking and collaboration products. The module provides FIPS 140 validated cryptographic algorithms for services such as IPSEC, SRTP, SSH, TLS, 802.1x, etc. The module does not directly implement any of these protocols, instead it provides the cryptographic primitives and functions to allow a developer to implement the various protocols.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

Allowed algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 132 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

• Cisco ASA 5555 with Linux 4.1 with Intel Xeon X3460 without PAA
• Cisco Catalyst 9200 with Linux 4.4 with ARM 8 Cortex-A53 AArch64 without PAA
• Cisco Catalyst 9300 with Linux 4.4 with Intel Xeon D-1526 with PAA
• Cisco Firepower 9300 with Linux 4.1 with Intel Xeon E5-2658 with PAA
• Cisco ISR 4321 with Linux 5.4 with Intel Atom C2558 with PAA
• Cisco ISR 4451 with Linux 5.4 with Intel Xeon E3-1105C with PAA
• Cisco UCS M5 with Linux 4.18 with Intel Xeon Gold 6128 with PAA
• Evaluation board with Linux 2.6 with Cavium Octeon CN5230 without PAA

Validation history

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: 2021-09-23

Source documents

• NIST certificate page
• Security policy (PDF)
• Consolidated certificate (PDF)