NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family
Cavium Networks - FIPS 140 #2316
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 9000 RSA 2k-bit operations per second and 5 Gbps of bulk crypto.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 2316
- 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
- January 21, 2015
- Versions
- P/Ns CN1610-NFBE1-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE1-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE3-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1610-NFBE1-2.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE1-2.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE3-2.0-FW-2.2-G and FN1620‐NFBE2‐G; CN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.2-130013 and CN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.2-130014
- 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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