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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 #534 · nCipher Corporation Ltd. · data as of 2026-09-08

nCipher 1600 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI for NetHSM, nCipher 800 PCI, nForce 1600 PCI, and nForce 800 PCI, from nCipher Corporation Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #534 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 and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number534
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
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 versions2.18.15-2

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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 2 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
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
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, 2006-03-09, 2006-03-15

Source documents