nShield F3 10+ [1], nShield F3 500+ [2], nShield F3 6000+ [3], nShield F3 500+ for nShield Connect+ [4], nShield F3 1500+ for nShield Connect+ [5] and nShield F3 6000+ for nShield Connect+ [6]

Certificate details

Certificate ID #2149
Status historical
Historical reason 186-2 transition
Validation dates 13.05.2014 , 24.11.2015 , 07.08.2018 , 28.08.2018 , 29.01.2020
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Embedded
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description The nShield modules: nShield F3 10+, nShield F3 500+, nShield F3 6000+, nShield F3 500+ for nShield Connect+, nShield F3 1500+ for nShield Connect+ and nShield F3 6000+ for nShield Connect+ family of secure e-commerce HSMs are multi-tasking hardware modules that are optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nShield modules are FIPS 140-2 level 2 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.
Version (Hardware) nC4033E-010 [1], nC4433E-500 [2], nC4433E-6K0 [3], nC4433E-500N [4], nC4433E-1K5N [5] and nC4433E-6K0N [6], Build Standard N
Version (Firmware) 2.51.10-2, 2.55.1-2, and 2.55.2-2
Vendor nCipher Security Limited http://www.ncipher.com
Lab DXC Technology, Lightship Security, Inc.
Algorithms
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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-256, CAST, RC4, DES, Triple-DES, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, DH, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-224, MD5, RIPEMD, RIPEMD160
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange
Protocols
SSL, TLS
Randomness
PRNG, DRBG
Elliptic Curves
P-192, P-256, P-521, B-163, K-233, K-409, B-283, B-571
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
Secure Execution

Security level
level 2, Level 2, level 3

Title Security Policy
Author Logan, Diana
Creation date D:20191029134336Z
Modification date D:20191029134412Z
Pages 53
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 17 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 15.0

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