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Certifications

Review the certifications of the PA-50R Series firewalls.
The following table provides an overview of PA-50R Series firewall hardware certifications.
CategoryCertificationStandard / Description
Electrical & Physical SafetyNRTLUL 62368-1 / CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1:25, Fourth Edition
CB SchemeIEC/EN 62368-1, IEC/EN 60950-1 (international electrical safety)
CE Low Voltage DirectiveLVD 2014/35/EU (European Union electrical equipment safety)
Laser Safety21 CFR 1040.10, 1040.11; IEC 60825-1 (Class 1 laser, optical transceivers and SFP/SFP+ ports)
Materials & Environmental SustainabilityEU RoHSDirective 2011/65/EU and Amendment 2015/863
China RoHSManagement Methods for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products
EU REACHEC 1907/2006 (Substances of Very High Concern)
WEEE Directive2012/19/EU (end-of-life recycling requirements)
California Proposition 65Chemical safety and exposure limit compliance disclosures
Taiwan Declaration of Restricted SubstancesTaiwan presence condition marking for restricted hazardous substances in electronic products
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) & Radio / RegulatoryFCC Part 15 (47 CFR Part 15)Class A for enterprise rack-mounted hardware
FCC Parts 22, 24, 27 & Part 1.1310Licensing and RF exposure limits for cellular/5G-enabled firewalls
CE EMC Directive2014/30/EU (European Union electromagnetic compatibility)
CE Radio Equipment Directive (RED)2014/53/EU (required for cellular/5G-equipped hardware)
ISED / ICES-003 Class ACanadian Innovation, Science and Economic Development EMC standard
VCCI Class A / Class BJapan Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment
BSMITaiwan Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection for product safety requirements and regulations
NCCTaiwan National Communications Commission for telecommunications, radio frequency (RF), and wireless communication equipment.
KC / KCC Class ASouth Korea National Radio Research Agency EMC certification
RCM / ACMAAustralian Communications and Media Authority (EMC and telecommunications)
MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan)Japan radio licensing and type certification for wireless communications equipment
UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed)UK post-Brexit conformity mark covering electrical equipment safety (UK S.I. 2016/1101) and electromagnetic compatibility (UK S.I. 2016/1091)
Shock, Vibration, Humidity & Environmental ToleranceIEC 60068 Series
  • IEC 60068-2-1: Cold temperature operational/storage testing (-40°C)
  • IEC 60068-2-2: Dry heat operational/storage testing (+70°C to +75°C)
  • IEC 60068-2-6: Sinusoidal vibration endurance
  • IEC 60068-2-14: Change of temperature operational testing (-40°C to +70°C)
  • IEC 60068-2-27: Mechanical physical shock
  • IEC 60068-2-30: Damp heat cyclic humidity (up to 95% non-condensing)
  • IEC 60068-2-78: Damp heat steady state operational testing
MIL-STD-810G / MIL-STD-810HUS Military Standard for vibration and shock
IP Rating (Ingress Protection)Dust-tight and liquid enclosure ratings (such as IP30 or IP40 for fanless metal enclosures)
Hazardous Locations & Utility / Industrial Substation StandardsIEC 61850-3Communications networking for electric power utility substations (thermal stability, shock/vibration, EMC emission/immunity)
IEEE 1613Environmental and EMC immunity testing requirements for communications firewalls in electric power substations
NEBS Level 3 (GR-63-CORE & GR-1089-CORE)Telecom carrier certification for fire resistance, seismic stability, acoustic noise, and DC power surge immunity
Class I, Division 2 / ATEX / IECExCompliance for hardware in locations where flammable gases, vapors, or liquids may be present under abnormal conditions
Security, Cryptographic & Government Hardware AssuranceFIPS 140-3 (NIST CMVP)Cryptographic module validation for physical and logical security of PAN-OS hardware
Common Criteria (CCRA / ISO/IEC 15408)NIAP certification under the Network Device Protection Profile (NDPP) and Stateful Traffic Filter Extended Package
USGv6NIST IPv6 profile certification for federal agency network infrastructure
Physical Tamper ProtectionTamper-evident seals and tamper-proof enclosure designs