Certifications

FIPS 140-3

To address federal legal mandates, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) establishes Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), which are also widely adopted on a voluntary basis by public and private organizations seeking enhanced security for their cryptographic solutions.

NIST’s latest benchmark is FIPS 140-3, an evolution of FIPS 140-2 that aligns with international standards (ISO/IEC 19790) and imposes more rigorous security and testing protocols for cryptographic modules. Formal assurance of compliance and the functional correctness of cryptographic algorithms is provided through NIST’s Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) and Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), ultimately increasing confidence in the security of protected sensitive information.