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nCipher PMC 1600 PCI

nCipher Corporation Ltd. - FIPS 140 #333

historicalLevel 3

The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI secure e-Commerce SSL family of secure ecommerce accelerators are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI is a FIPS 140-2 level 3 embedded device. The nCipher PMC 1600 PCI improves data security and increases server throughput in applications using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol such as: secure web servers, e-commerce sites, Internet financial transactions, authenticated access to intranets and extranets and digital signatures and secure messaging.

Key facts

Scheme
FIPS 140
Certificate
333
Standard
FIPS 140-2
Security level
Level 3
Status
historical
Vendor
nCipher Corporation Ltd.
Module type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-Chip Embedded
Lab
DOMUS
First validated
June 27, 2003
Versions
nC3033M-4K0, Build Standard A; 2.1.23-3
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 3 per Security Policy

Algorithms

  • AES
  • DSA
  • HMAC-SHA-1
  • RSA
  • SHA-1
  • 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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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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