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Forum FIA Gateway 1504G

FIPS 140-2 certificate #511 · Forum Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Forum FIA Gateway 1504G, from Forum Systems, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #511 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and using the nCipher 1600 PCI card (Cert. #402)

Certificate

Certificate number511
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorForum Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions1504
Firmware versions4.3

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Forum FIA Gateway provides the foundation infrastructure that drives a return on investment by enabling secure XML and Web services communications for mission critical applications. Forum FIA Gateway industry specific solutions include: government compliance, secure electronic forms, secure partner integration, secure partner collaboration, electronic notary, evidence repository as well as secure Service Oriented Architectures.

Approved algorithms (6)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES165
DSA60
HMAC-SHA-1vendor affirmed
RSAvendor affirmed
SHS249
Triple-DES267

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #265); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); MD5; RC4

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2005-02-28InitialDOMUS
2005-03-02Update

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: 2005-02-28, 2005-03-02

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