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Command Encryption Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #838 · Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Kamakura Works · data as of 2026-10-09

Command Encryption Module, from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Kamakura Works, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #838 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. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number838
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeFirmware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorMitsubishi Electric Corporation Kamakura Works · website
Firmware versions1.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Command Encryption Module is a firmware module designed to perform Triple DES CFB mode encryption functions.

Security level exceptions

  • EMI/EMC: Level 3

Approved algorithms (1)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
Triple-DES504

Tested configurations

  • Tested: as meeting Level 1 with HP Compaq DC 5100 Running Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall version 6.1

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2007-09-11InitialDOMUS

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: 2007-09-11

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