Caymas Systems 318 Identity-Driven Access Gateway: FIPS 140-2 cert #567

Caymas Systems 318 Identity-Driven Access Gateway, from Caymas Systems Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #567 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.

Certificate

Certificate number	567
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Status	historical
Overall level	2
Module type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-chip standalone
Vendor	Caymas Systems Inc.
Hardware versions	Rev. 100-000001
Firmware versions	R2.6.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Caymas 318 and Caymas 525 are the world's first Identity-Driven Access Gateways, combining universal access, Identity-Based access control, integrated application security and federated policy enforcement. Caymas products are hardened, purpose-built appliances, with custom acceleration hardware allowing them to scale to thousands of users and multi-gigabit speeds in a single platform. With no per user or per feature pricing, Caymas gateways deliver radical price/performance for enterprises extending their information assets to internal and external users.

Security level exceptions

Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3

Approved algorithms (7)

Algorithm	CAVP certificates
AES	231, 233, 234, 235
DSA	129, 130, 131
HMAC	43, 45
RNG	71, 73, 74
RSA	55, 56
SHS	310, 312, 313, 314
Triple-DES	321, 323, 325, 326

Other algorithms

DES (Certs. #301, #303 and #304); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); MD5; HMAC-MD5; RC4

Validation history

Date	Type	Lab
2005-08-30	Initial	DOMUS

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: 2005-08-30

Caymas Systems 318 Identity-Driven Access Gateway