Cisco Firepower Threat Defense on 4K/9K Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5456
Status active
Validation dates 31.07.2026
Sunset date 30-07-2031
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Hardware
Embodiment MultiChipEmbed
Caveat When operated in approved mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs.
Exceptions
  • Roles, services, and authentication: Level 3
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description Cisco Firepower Threat Defense on 4K/9K Cryptographic Module is an integrated network security system providing enterprise-class firewall with a comprehensive range of next-generation network security services, intrusion prevention system (IPS), content security and secure unified communications, HTTPS/TLSv1.2, SSHv2, IPsec/IKEv2, SNMPv3 and Cryptographic Cipher Suite B.
Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc. http://www.cisco.com
Lab Gossamer Security Solutions
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.
Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES, AES-, CAST, 3DES, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA 2048, ECDH, ECDHE, ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DH, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA3-256
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
SSHv2, SSH, TLS v1.2, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3, TLS, IKEv2, IKE, IPsec, VPN
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521, secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1
Block cipher modes
GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC
Vendor
Cisco Systems, Inc, Cisco

Security level
Level 1
Certification process
out of scope, Table 2 above. Any firmware loaded into the module 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

Author JustinBettencourt
Creation date D:20260728132031-04'00'
Modification date D:20260728132422-04'00'
Pages 72
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 26 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 26.1.187

Automated analysis

Automated inference - use with caution

All attributes shown in this section (e.g., links between certificates, products, vendors, and known CVEs) are generated by automated heuristics and have not been reviewed by humans. These methods can produce false positives or false negatives and should not be treated as definitive without independent verification. This applies equally to the Cross-references section below. If you want to know more about how this data is computed and how reliable it is, see our documentation on automated analysis. If you believe any information here is inaccurate or harmful, please submit feedback.

No automatically derived data are available in this section.

Cross-references

No references are available for this certificate.

Processing updates

  • The certificate data changed.
  • The certificate data changed.
  • The certificate was first processed.

Raw data

{
  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 5456,
  "dgst": "36b0207bd8d835af",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "AES-CBCC1026",
        "ECDSA SigGen (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "KDF IKEv2A4446",
        "RSA SigGen (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "KAS-FFC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3A4446",
        "SHA2-256C1026",
        "AES-GCMC1026",
        "HMAC-SHA2-384C1026",
        "HMAC-SHA2-224A4446",
        "Counter DRBGA4446",
        "SHA-1C1026",
        "HMAC-SHA2-512C1026",
        "SHA2-224A4446",
        "KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3A4446",
        "Safe Primes Key GenerationA4446",
        "HMAC-SHA-1C1026",
        "KDF SNMPA4446",
        "HMAC-SHA2-256C1026",
        "RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "SHA2-512C1026",
        "KDF SSHA4446",
        "RSA KeyGen (FIPS186-4)A4446",
        "SHA2-384C1026",
        "TLS v1.2 KDF RFC7627A4446"
      ]
    },
    "cpe_matches": null,
    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "-"
      ]
    },
    "indirect_transitive_cves": null,
    "module_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "module_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "policy_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "policy_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
      "asymmetric_crypto": {
        "ECC": {
          "ECC": {
            "ECC": 3
          },
          "ECDH": {
            "ECDH": 90,
            "ECDHE": 1
          },
          "ECDSA": {
            "ECDSA": 84
          }
        },
        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "DH": 88,
            "Diffie-Hellman": 3
          },
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 3
          }
        },
        "RSA": {
          "RSA 2048": 3
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {
        "OutOfScope": {
          "Table 2 above. Any firmware loaded into the module 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": 1,
          "out of scope": 1
        }
      },
      "cipher_mode": {
        "GCM": {
          "GCM": 12
        }
      },
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {
        "IKE": {
          "IKE": 4,
          "IKEv2": 74
        },
        "IPsec": {
          "IPsec": 2
        },
        "SSH": {
          "SSH": 125,
          "SSHv2": 130
        },
        "TLS": {
          "TLS": {
            "TLS": 128,
            "TLS v1.2": 7,
            "TLSv1.2": 131,
            "TLSv1.3": 4
          }
        },
        "VPN": {
          "VPN": 2
        }
      },
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "MAC": {
          "MAC": 5
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {
        "NIST": {
          "P-256": 16,
          "P-384": 36,
          "P-521": 36,
          "secp256r1": 2,
          "secp384r1": 2,
          "secp521r1": 2
        }
      },
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {},
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
          "- PKCS 1": 2,
          "AES-128": 3,
          "AES-128/192/256": 1,
          "AES-192": 2,
          "AES-256": 2,
          "DRBG 384": 1,
          "HMAC- SHA-1": 3,
          "HMAC-SHA-1": 12,
          "PKCS 1": 2,
          "RSA 2048": 3,
          "SHA-1": 12,
          "SHA2- 256": 9,
          "SHA2- 384": 4,
          "SHA2- 512": 5,
          "SHA2-224": 4,
          "SHA2-256": 8,
          "SHA2-384": 6,
          "SHA2-512": 8,
          "SHA3-256": 1
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "Level 1": 3
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 12
          },
          "SHA3": {
            "SHA3-256": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {
        "PRNG": {
          "DRBG": 88
        },
        "RNG": {
          "RBG": 2
        }
      },
      "side_channel_analysis": {},
      "standard_id": {
        "FIPS": {
          "FIPS 140-3": 8,
          "FIPS 180-4": 9,
          "FIPS 186-4": 8,
          "FIPS 198-1": 9,
          "FIPS186-4": 25
        },
        "ISO": {
          "ISO/IEC 19790": 2
        },
        "NIST": {
          "SP 800-135": 4,
          "SP 800-140": 1,
          "SP 800-38A": 2,
          "SP 800-38D": 2,
          "SP 800-52": 1,
          "SP 800-56A": 3,
          "SP 800-90A": 1
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS 1": 2
        },
        "RFC": {
          "RFC 3526": 2,
          "RFC 4419": 2,
          "RFC 4492": 1,
          "RFC 5288": 1,
          "RFC 5647": 4,
          "RFC 5903": 1,
          "RFC 7296": 2,
          "RFC 7919": 2,
          "RFC7627": 3
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "AES_competition": {
          "AES": {
            "AES": 29,
            "AES-": 8,
            "AES-128": 3,
            "AES-192": 2,
            "AES-256": 2
          },
          "CAST": {
            "CAST": 64
          }
        },
        "DES": {
          "3DES": {
            "3DES": 6
          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
            "HMAC": 28
          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {
        "AMD": {
          "PSP": 18
        },
        "IBM": {
          "SSC": 6
        }
      },
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {
        "Cisco": {
          "Cisco": 11,
          "Cisco Systems, Inc": 84
        }
      },
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/Author": "JustinBettencourt",
      "/ClassificationContentMarkingHeaderFontProps": "#008000,10,Aptos",
      "/ClassificationContentMarkingHeaderShapeIds": "6af7ed4e,7fc985c6,610b47e9",
      "/ClassificationContentMarkingHeaderText": "UNCLASSIFIED / NON CLASSIFI\u00c9//TLP:AMBER+STRICT",
      "/Comments": "",
      "/Company": "",
      "/CreationDate": "D:20260728132031-04\u002700\u0027",
      "/Creator": "Acrobat PDFMaker 26 for Word",
      "/Keywords": "",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_ActionId": "0f7ddd19-91ef-4520-894f-8521055b13c1",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_ContentBits": "1",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_Enabled": "true",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_Method": "Privileged",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_Name": "TLP-Amber_Strict",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_SetDate": "2026-07-28T17:15:08Z",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_SiteId": "da9cbe40-ec1e-4997-afb3-17d87574571a",
      "/MSIP_Label_74f313cf-d20a-406f-9af7-e4526ef74d9f_Tag": "10, 0, 1, 1",
      "/ModDate": "D:20260728132422-04\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "Adobe PDF Library 26.1.187",
      "/SourceModified": "",
      "/Subject": "",
      "/Title": "",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 962826,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": [
          "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/secure-firewall/management-center/admin/740/management-center-admin-74.html",
          "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firepower-9000-series/datasheet-c78-742471.html",
          "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firepower-4100-series/datasheet-c78-742474.html"
        ]
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 72
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.InternalState",
    "module": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.document_state.DocumentState",
      "convert_ok": true,
      "download_ok": true,
      "extract_ok": true,
      "json_hash": null,
      "source_hash": null,
      "txt_hash": null
    },
    "policy": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.document_state.DocumentState",
      "convert_ok": true,
      "download_ok": true,
      "extract_ok": true,
      "json_hash": null,
      "source_hash": "5179388c7162a2506f6009f8c8cd4c8be46995da0044a7a9bd0bc9cad8938611",
      "txt_hash": "3580bc250d5ddb301da850dba635ba0290f486c055ab42952e40fb7bd4a169fb"
    }
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "When operated in approved mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs.",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/July 2026_040826_0807.pdf",
    "date_sunset": "2031-07-30",
    "description": "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense on 4K/9K Cryptographic Module is an integrated network security system providing enterprise-class firewall with a comprehensive range of next-generation network security services, intrusion prevention system (IPS), content security and secure unified communications, HTTPS/TLSv1.2, SSHv2, IPsec/IKEv2, SNMPv3 and Cryptographic Cipher Suite B.",
    "embodiment": "MultiChipEmbed",
    "exceptions": [
      "Roles, services, and authentication: Level 3",
      "Non-invasive security: N/A",
      "Mitigation of other attacks: N/A"
    ],
    "fw_versions": null,
    "historical_reason": null,
    "hw_versions": null,
    "level": 1,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense on 4K/9K Cryptographic Module",
    "module_type": "Hardware",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-3",
    "status": "active",
    "sw_versions": null,
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2026-07-31",
        "lab": "Gossamer Security Solutions",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Cisco Systems, Inc.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.cisco.com"
  }
}