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nCipher 1600 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI for NetHSM, nCipher 800 PCI, nForce 1600 PCI, and nForce 800 PCI

FIPS 140-2 certificate #533 · nCipher Corporation Ltd. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When initialized to Overall Level 3 per Security Policy - Only operates in FIPS mode at Level 3

Certificate

Certificate number533
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendornCipher Corporation Ltd. · website
Hardware versionsnC3033P-1K6, nC3033P-1K6N, nC3033P-800, nC3033P-1K6, and nC3033P-800 Build Standard C
Firmware versions2.18.15-3

Module description

The nCipher modules: nCipher 800 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI for NetHSM, nForce 800 PCI and nForce 1600 PCI family of secure ecommerce HSM's are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher modules are FIPS 140-2 level 3 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES15
DSA113
HMAC3
RNG20
RSA16
SHS255
Triple-DES109
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

DES (Certs. #173 and 201); DES MAC (Certs. #173 and 201, vendor affirmed); ARC FOUR; CAST5; CAST 6; MD2; MD5; RIPEMD 160; SEED; HMAC (MD2, MD5, and RIPEMD160); El-Gamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); Blowfish; Twofish; Serpent; KCDSA; HSA 160

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2005-05-10InitialDOMUS
2005-06-06Update
2006-03-09Update
2006-03-15Update

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: 2005-05-10, 2005-06-06, 2006-03-09, 2006-03-15

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