FIPS 140-2 Validatio                    Certificate





    The National Institute of Standards                                                                                                  The Communications Security
   and Technology of the United States                                                                                                  Establishment of the Government
               of America                                                                                                                          of Canada




                                                        Certificate No. 966

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, as the United States FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module Validation Authority;
and the Communications Security Establishment, as the Canadian FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module Validation Authority; hereby
validate the FIPS 140-2 testing results of the Cryptographic Module identified as:

                        nShield F3 500, nShield F3 500 for NetHSM and nShield F3 10 PCI
                                          by nCipher Corporation Ltd.
                                                    (When operated in FIPS mode)

in accordance with the Derived Test Requirements for FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. FIPS 140-2
specifies the security requirements that are to be satisfied by a cryptographic module utilized within a security system protecting
Sensitive Information (United States) or Protected Information (Canada) within computer and telecommunications systems
(including voice systems).

Products which use the above identified cryptographic module may be labeled as complying with the requirements of FIPS 140-2
so long as the product, throughout its life cycle, continues to use the validated version of the cryptographic module as specified in
this certificate. The validation report contains additional details concerning test results. No reliability test has been performed and
no warranty of the products by both agencies is either expressed or implied.

This certificate includes details on the scope of conformance and validation authority signatures on the reverse.
                                                                           TM: A Certificaiion Mark of NIST, which does not Imply product endorsement by NIST, the U_S., or Canadian Governments.
FIPS 140-2 provides four increasing, qualitative levels of security: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4. These levels are intended to cover
the wide range and potential applications and environments in which cryptographic modules may be employed. The security requirements
cover eleven areas related to the secure design and implementation of a cryptographic module. The scope of conformance achieved by the
cryptographic modules as tested in the product identified as:
                        nShield F3 500, nShield F3 500 for NetHSM and nShield F3 10 PCI by nClpher Corporation Ltd.

         (Hardware Versions: nC4033P-500. nC4033P-500N and nC4033P-10; Build Standard N; Firmware Version; 2.33.60-3; Hardware)


                                                                            DOMUS IT Security Laboratory, NVLAP Lab Code 200017-0
and tested by the Cryptographic Module Testing accredited laboratory:       CRYPTIK Version 7.0
is as follows:                                                             ------------------------


Cryptographic Module Specification:           Level 3                       Cryptographic Module Ports and Interfaces:             Level 3

Roles, Services, and Authentication:          Level 3                       Finite State Model:                                    Level 3

Physical Security:                            Level 3                       Cryptographic Key Management:                          Level 3
       (Multi-Chip Embedded)
EMlfEMC:                                      Level 3                       Self-Tests:                                            Level 3

Design Assurance:                             Level 3                       Mitigation of Other Attacks:                           Level N/A

Operational Environment:                      Level N/A                     tested in the following configuration(s):        N/A

The following FIPS approved Cryptographic Algorithms are used: AES (Cert. #599); AES GCM (Cert. #599, vendor affirmed); Triple-DES (Cert.
                                                        #570); Triple-DES MAC (Triple-DES Cert. #570, vendor affirmed); DSA (Cert. #233); ECDSA
                                                        (Cert. #64); SHS (Cert. #648); HMAC (Cert. #309); RSA (Cert. #274); RNG (Cert. #340)

The cryptographic module also contains the following non-FIPS approved algorithms: ARC FOUR; Aria; Camelia; CAST 6; DES; MD5; SEED;
    HMAC-MD5; HMAC-Tiger; HMAC-RIPEMD160; RIPEMD 160; Tiger; EI-Gamal; KCDSA; HAS 160; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key
    establishment methodology provides between 80 and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment
    methodology provides 192 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 80 and 256 bits
    of encryption strength); ECMQV (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 80 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

                                                        Overall Level Achieved: 3
Signed on behalf of theNovernment of the United States                          Signed on behalf of the Government of Canada

                                                                                Signature:         Cc- ~-.~
                                                                                Dated:    --:r   1..'   l't   ~, d set< '&

Chief, Computer Security Division                                               Director, Industry Program Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology                                  Communications Security Establishment