nShield F3 10+ 500+ 6000+ & nShield F3 500+ 1500+ 6000+ for nShield Connect+, Connect CLX and HSMi

Certificate

Module description

The nShield modules: nShield F3 10+ 500+ 6000+ & nShield F3 500+ 1500+ 6000+ for nShield Connect+, Connect CLX and HSMi are tamper evident and tamper responsive Hardware Security Modules which provide support for the widest range of cryptographic algorithms, application programming interfaces (APIs) and host operating systems, enabling the devices to be used with virtually any business application. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Security level exceptions

• Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
• Physical Security: Level 3
• EMI/EMC: Level 3
• Design Assurance: Level 3
• Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

Allowed algorithms

EC Diffie-Hellman (shared secret computation provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC MQV (shared secret computation provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

• N/A

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 active
• Validation dates on record: 2022-10-16

Source documents

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