nShield F3 6000e, nShield F3 1500e, nShield F3 500e, nShield F3 10e, nShield F3 6000e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 1500e for nShield Connect and nShield F3 500e for nShield Connect

Thales - nCipher - FIPS 140 #1203

historicalLevel 2

The nCipher modules: nShield F3 6000e, Shield F3 1500e, nShield F3 500e, nShield 10e, nShield F3 6000e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 1500e for nShield Connect and nShield F3 500e for nShield Connect family of secure e-commerce HSM's are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher modules are FIPS 140-2 level 2 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 1203
Standard: FIPS 140-2
Security level: Level 2
Status: historical
Vendor: Thales - nCipher
Module type: Hardware
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Embedded
Lab: DOMUS
First validated: October 6, 2009
Versions: nC4033E-6K0, nC4033E-1K5, nC4033E-500, nC4033E-030, nC4033E-6K0N, nC4033E-1K5N and nC4033E-500N, Build Standard N; 2.38.4-2 and 2.38.7-2
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy

Algorithms

AES
AES GCM
DSA
ECDSA
HMAC
RNG
RSA
SHS
Triple-DES
Triple-DES MAC

Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.

CVEs that may affect this product

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Documents and sources

Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026

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