AirFortress® Wireless Security Gateway
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 760 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | Fortress™ Technologies, Inc. · website |
| Hardware versions | AF7500 |
| Firmware versions | 2.5.2 |
Module description
The AirFortress® Wireless Security Gateway is an electronic encryption module that enforces network access rights and encrypts and decrypts communication across a WLAN. Installed by the vendor onto a production-quality hardware platform and deployable on any LAN or WAN, the AirFortress® Wireless Security Gateway provides encryption, data integrity checking, authentication, access control, and data compression.
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
DES (Cert. #23); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 56 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); MD5; RSA (non-compliant); RNG (non-compliant)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-23 | Initial | COACT INC CAFE LAB |
| 2007-05-22 | 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: 2007-04-23, 2007-05-22, 2010-03-26, 2013-05-17