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The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Cryptographic Validation Process
Overview
The FIPS is part of a series of security validation processes developed by the United States (US)
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for testing computer and
network security products. The purpose of the FIPS validation process is to promote quality, confidence,
and trust among product manufacturers and to insure compatibility, and interoperability by developing
standards-based testing procedures whereby a third party validation of a product’s security features can be
performed.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the FIPS 140-1 validation process, illustrate what the different levels within the standard require from a systems design standpoint, and emphasize why it is advisable to use
higher level certified equipment to insure the security of networks processing sensitive information.
| Publisher | Thales e-Security | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | December 2001 | Downloads | 2 |
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