McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances

Intel Corporation - FIPS 140 #2531

historicalLevel 2

The McAfee Web Gateway is a high-performance, enterprise-strength proxy security appliance family that provides the caching, authentication, administration, authorization controls and deep-level content security filtering required by today's most demanding enterprises. McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances deliver scalable deployment flexibility and performance. McAfee Web Gateway WG5000 and WG5500 Appliances deliver comprehensive security for all aspects of Web 2.0 traffic.

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 2531
Standard: FIPS 140-2
Security level: Level 2
Status: historical
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Module type: Hardware
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Lab: EWA - Canada
First validated: January 11, 2016
Versions: 5000 with EWG-5000-FIPS-KIT and 5500 with EWG-5500-FIPS-KIT; 7.3.2.3.4
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section Secure Operation. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Algorithms

AES
CVL
DRBG
DSA
HMAC
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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