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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #718

Details

Module Name
Fortress Security Controller (FC-X)
Standard
FIPS 140-2
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Overall Level
2
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode
Module Type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-chip standalone
Description
The Fortress Security Controller (FC-X) is a high performance electronic encryption module that enforces network access rights and encrypts and decrypts communication across a WLAN. Installed by the vendor onto a custom built multiple processor hardware platform and deployable on any LAN or WAN, the Fortress Security Controller (FC-X) provides encryption, data integrity checking, authentication, access control, and data compression.
Approved Algorithms
AES Certs. #389 and #390
HMAC Cert. #174
RNG Certs. #189 and #190
SHS Cert. #465
Other Algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 56 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); MD5; RSA (non-compliant); SHS (non-compliant; FPGA); HMAC (non-compliant; FPGA)
Hardware Versions
FC-X
Firmware Versions
FC-X 4.0.3 and 4.0.4

Vendor

Fortress™ Technologies, Inc.
2 Technology Park Dr
Westford, MA 01886-3140
USA

Certification Director
CertTeam@gd-broadband.com
Phone: 978-923-6400
Fax: 978-923-6498

Related Files

Security Policy
Certificate

Validation History

Date Type Lab
11/15/2006 Initial COACT INC CAFE LAB
8/31/2007 Update
3/26/2010 Update
5/17/2013 Update LEIDOS CSTL