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Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregated Services Routers

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4516 · Cisco Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregated Services Routers, from Cisco Systems, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4516 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 operated in FIPS mode. This module contains the embedded module ACT2Lite validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3637 operating in FIPS mode.

Certificate

Certificate number4516
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions[ASR-9006-SYS with components A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-RSP880-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR], [ASR-9010-SYS with components A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-RSP880-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR], ASR-9901, [ASR-9904 with components A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-RSP880-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR, A99-8X100GE-TR, A99-12X100GE, A99-32X100GE-TR], [ASR-9906 with components A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR, A99-8X100GE-TR, A99-12X100GE, A99-32X100GE-TR], [ASR-9910 with components A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR, A99-8X100GE-TR, A99-12X100GE, A99-32X100GE-TR], [ASR-9912 with components A99-RP3-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR, A99-8X100GE-TR, A99-12X100GE, A99-32X100GE-TR] and [ASR-9922 with components A99-RP3-TR, A9K-16X100GE-TR, A99-8X100GE-TR, A99-12X100GE, A99-32X100GE-TR]
Firmware versionsIOS-XR 7.1.2

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregated Services Routers accelerate services by offering performance and resiliency with optimized, intelligent services; establishing a benchmark for price-to-performance offerings in the enterprise routing, service provider edge, and broadband aggregation segments; facilitating significant network innovations in areas such as secure WAN aggregation, managed customer-premises-equipment services, and service provider edge services; reducing operating expenses and capital expenditures by facilitating managed or hosted services over identical architectures and operating env

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (11)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA2414
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA2414
DRBGA2414
ECDSAA2414
HMACA2414
KAS
KAS-SSCA2414
KTS
RSAA2414
SHSA2414

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2023-05-08InitialAcumen Security

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: 2023-05-08

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