Fortress Secure Client Bridge
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 886 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | Fortress™ Technologies, Inc. · website |
| Hardware versions | 1.0 |
| Firmware versions | 2.1.1 |
Module description
The Fortress Secure Client Bridge is a hardware module designed to deliver security on wireless and wired devices that cannot run the Fortress Secure Client software. A plug-and-play solution, the Secure Client Bridge encrypts and decrypts communication across the WLAN and LAN and protects the device against attacks without user intervention.
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); DSA (non-compliant); RSA (non-compliant); MD2; MD5; Blowfish; CAST; IDEA; RC2; RC4; RC5
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-07 | Initial | COACT INC CAFE LAB |
| 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: 2008-01-07, 2010-03-26, 2013-05-17