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nCipher Corporation Ltd. - FIPS 140 #675

historicalLevel 2

The nCipher nShield range of Hardware Security Modules improves the security of cryptographic keys, security sensitive software applications and increases server throughput of secure transactions in Public Key Infrastructure and other high integrity applications such as: Certificate Authorities, Registration Authorities, Government and Financial Institutions.

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 675
Standard: FIPS 140-2
Security level: Level 2
Status: historical
Vendor: nCipher Corporation Ltd.
Module type: Hardware
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Embedded
Lab: DOMUS
First validated: May 22, 2006
Versions: nC4033P-300, nC4132P-300, nC4032P-300N, nC4232P-300, nC4232P-300N, nC4032P-150, nC4232P-150, nC4032P-150, and nC4032P-10 Build Standard ER; 2.22.6-2
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy

Algorithms

AES
DSA
ECDSA
HMAC
RNG
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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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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