NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family
Cavium Networks - FIPS 140 #2259
The FN1620-NFBE2-G HSM adapter delivers the world's fastest FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Hardware Security Module (HSM) with PCIe Gen 2.0 via an SFF-8639 connector. The adapter offers up to 30,000 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
- 2259
- 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
- September 26, 2014
- Versions
- P/N FN1620-NFBE2-G; CN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.1-110020
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- DSA
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- KAS
- KTS
- 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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