Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches
Cisco Systems, Inc. - FIPS 140 #4556
With full PoE+ capability, power and fan redundancy, stacking bandwidth up to 160 Gbps, modular uplinks, Layer 3 feature support, and cold patching, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are the industry's unparalleled solution with differentiated resiliency and progressive architecture for cost-effective branch-office access. The switches meet FIPS 140-2 overall Level 1 requirements as multi-chip standalone modules. Advanced security feature supports IOS-XE software, MACsec encryption, hardware anchored secure boot, Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI) support.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 4556
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- Acumen Security
- First validated
- August 2, 2023
- Versions
- Cisco Catalyst C9200-24T, Cisco Catalyst C9200-48T, Cisco Catalyst C9200-24P, Cisco Catalyst C9200-48P, Cisco Catalyst C9200-24P8X and Cisco Catalyst C9200-48P8X with components C9200-NM-4G, C9200-NM-4X, C9200-NM-2Y and C9200-NM-2Q; Cisco IOS-XE 16.12 and Cisco IOS-XE 17.3
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode, installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy. This module contains the embedded module 'ACT2Lite Cryptographic Module' validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3637 operating in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- KAS
- KAS-SSC
- KBKDF
- KTS
- RSA
- SHS
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
- 3637
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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