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

nCipher Security Limited - FIPS 140 #2640

historicalLevel 3

The nShield modules: nShield F3 10e, nShield F3 500e, nShield F3 1500e, nShield F3 6000e, nShield F3 500e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 1500e for nShield Connect, nShield F3 6000e for nShield Connect are tamper evident and tamper responsive Hardware Security Modules which provide support for the widest range of cryptographic algorithms, application programming interfaces (APIs) and host operating systems, enabling the devices to be used with virtually any business application. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 2640
Standard: FIPS 140-2
Security level: Level 3
Status: historical
Vendor: nCipher Security Limited
Module type: Hardware
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Embedded
Lab: Lightship Security, Inc.
First validated: May 13, 2016
Versions: nC4033E-6K0, nC4033E-1K5, nC4033E-500, nC4033E-010, nC4033E-6K0N, nC4033E-1K5N and nC4033E-500N, Build Standard N; 2.61.2-3
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 3 per Security Policy. The protocol TLS shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode

Algorithms

AES
CVL
DRBG
DSA
ECDSA
HMAC
KBKDF
KTS
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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Certificates it builds on

1752
1931
3446
56
695
825

Certificate ids found in this certificate's documents (automated extraction).

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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