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NEC Storage Encryption Board for NVMe

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4205 · NEC Corporation · data as of 2026-09-08

NEC Storage Encryption Board for NVMe, from NEC Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4205 at overall level 1. The validation is active, with a sunset date of 2026-09-21. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Active. Sunset date 2026-09-21, 11 days away. This is the FIPS 140-2 sunset: after it, agencies may keep the module only in existing systems.
Caveat: None

Certificate

Certificate number4205
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statusactive
Sunset date2026-09-21
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorNEC Corporation · website
Hardware versionsP/N:VSPEBN-001 Version: 001
Firmware versionsFPGA Main Firmware Ver : ED00802E; FPGA Configuration data Ver : ED000101_20120700; FPGA bootloader Firmware Ver: 00000003

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The NEC Storage Encryption Engine provides high speed data at rest encryption for NEC Storage.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (4)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1492
HMACA1492
KTS
SHSA1492

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-04-27InitialECSEC Laboratory 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 active
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-04-27

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