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Symantec Content Analysis Virtual Appliance

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4456 · Symantec, A Division of Broadcom · data as of 2026-10-09

Symantec Content Analysis Virtual Appliance, from Symantec, A Division of Broadcom, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4456 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy.

Certificate

Certificate number4456
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorSymantec, A Division of Broadcom · website
Software versions3.1.3.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Symantec Content Analysis (CAS) is a critical component of effective protection against advanced targeted attacks achieved via multi-layer file inspection and sandboxing. Together with ProxySG or Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG), it offers the most complete advanced threat protection in the marketplace for blocking known threats and analyzing zero-day and other advanced threats.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (12)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1763, A1764
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA1764
DRBGA1763, A1764
ENT
HMACA1762, A1764
KAS
KAS-SSCA1764
KTS
KTS-RSA
RSAA1762, A1764
SHSA1762, A1763, A1764

Tested configurations

  • KVM on Centos 7 running on a Symantec ISG SSP-S410-10 with an Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2023-03-22InitialLightship Security, 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 historical at the time of the earliest snapshot
  • 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2023-03-22

Source documents