Fortress Secure Wireless Access Bridge ES520
Certificate
| Certificate number | 756 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | Fortress™ Technologies, Inc. · website |
| Hardware versions | ES520 |
| Firmware versions | 2.6.1, 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 |
Module description
The Fortress Secure Wireless Access Bridge is an all-in-one network access device housed in a rugged compact chassis, with the most stringent security available today built in. It can serve as a wireless bridge, a WLAN access point, and an eight-port LAN switch, while performing all the functions of a Fortress controller device: encrypting wireless traffic and providing Multi-factor Authentication for devices on the network it protects.
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (non-compliant key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 56 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); RSA (non-compliant); Blowfish; DES; RC2; RC4; RC5; Safer; Skipjack; DSA (non-compliant); MD2; MD4; MD5; GUAVA; IDEA; Triple-DES
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-11 | Initial | COACT INC CAFE LAB |
| 2007-05-22 | Update | |
| 2007-12-07 | Update | |
| 2010-03-26 | Update | |
| 2013-05-17 | Update | Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab |
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: 2007-04-11, 2007-05-22, 2007-12-07, 2010-03-26, 2013-05-17