NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family

Cavium Networks - FIPS 140 #1511

historicalLevel 3

The NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM adapter family delivers the world’s fastest FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Hardware Security Module (HSM) with PCIe Gen 2.0. The NITROX XL family of adapters offers up to 45,000 RSA operations per second and 5 Gbps of bulk crypto performance and is certified to the stringent US Government security standards. This FIPS family delivers an unmatched solution to the increasing performance, cryptographic and time to market requirements of the financial, government and healthcare vertical markets

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 1511
Standard: FIPS 140-2
Security level: Level 3
Status: historical
Vendor: Cavium Networks
Module type: Hardware
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Embedded
Lab: UL Verification Services, Inc.
First validated: March 4, 2011
Versions: P/Ns CN1620-NFBE1NIC-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE2NIC-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE3NIC-2.0-G, CN1610-NFBE1NIC-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE1-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE2-2.0-G, CN1620-NFBE3-2.0-G and CN1610-NFBE1-2.0-G, Version: 2.0; 2.0
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Algorithms

AES
DRBG
DSA
ECDSA
HMAC
KAS
RNG
RSA
SHS
Triple-DES

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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