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Cisco 831 Secure Broadband Router

FIPS 140-2 certificate #518 · Cisco Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Cisco 831 Secure Broadband Router, from Cisco Systems, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #518 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. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number518
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions831
Firmware versions12.3(8)T5

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Branch office networking requirements are dramatically evolving, driven by web and e-commerce applications to enhance productivity and merging the voice and data infrastructure to reduce costs. The Cisco 831 Secure Broadband Router provides a scalable, secure, manageable remote access server that meets FIPS 140-2 Level 2 requirements.

Approved algorithms (5)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES46
HMAC-SHA-1vendor affirmed
RNG31
SHS252
Triple-DES271

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #267); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); MD5; HMAC-MD5; RSA (non-compliant)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2005-04-07InitialSAIC-VA
2005-05-24Update
2010-05-28Update
2012-02-23Update

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: 2005-04-07, 2005-05-24, 2010-05-28, 2012-02-23

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