Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Virtual Cryptographic Module

Certificate #5114

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 19.12.2025
Sunset date 18-12-2030
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Firmware-Hybrid
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section Life-Cycle Assurance of the Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description Cisco Virtual Adaptive Security Appliances offers the combination of the industry's most deployed stateful firewall with a comprehensive range of next-generation network security services, intrusion prevention system (IPS), content security and secure unified communications. Delivering robust user and application policy enforcement, multi-vector attack protection, and secure connectivity services in cost-effective, easy-to-deploy solutions.
Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-256, AES-128, AES-192, AES, AES-, CAST, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA 2048, ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DH, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1
Schemes
MAC, Key Agreement
Protocols
SSHv2, SSH, TLS v1.2, TLSv1.2, TLS, TLS 1.2, IKEv2, IKE, VPN
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521
Block cipher modes
GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP
Vendor
Cisco Systems, Inc, Cisco

Security level
Level 1, level 1
Certification process
out of scope, from the approved mode of operation. Any firmware that is not shown on the module certificate, is out of scope of this validation and requires a separate FIPS 140-3 validation. The Crypto Officer must configure

Standards
FIPS 140-3, FIPS186-4, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 180-4, SP 800-140, SP 800-38A, SP 800-38D, SP 800-90A, SP 800-56A, SP 800-135, SP 800-52, PKCS 1, RFC7627, RFC 5288, RFC 7296, RFC 4419, RFC 7919, RFC 3526, ISO/IEC 19790

File metadata

Creation date D:20251216160016-05'00'
Modification date D:20251216160233-05'00'
Pages 68
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 25 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 25.1.201

Heuristics

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Raw data 

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