What is FIPS?

FIPS is the standard for processing information issued by the National Institute of standards and technology. The United States federal government has developed for the use of all government agencies and contractors other than military. Federal information processing standards, abbreviation FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) refer to the information processing standards. National institutions and private organizations around the world are required to comply with the federal information standards standards (FIPS) provided by the National Institute of standards and Technology (NIST) on infrastructure components, including vendor products. Many FIPS standards refer to a portion of the standard that is used in a wider organization such as ANSI, IEEE and ISO. Government agencies and financial institutions confirm that they are compliant with their security requirements based on these standards.

What is FIPS 140-2?

FIPS contains various code. For example, "FIPS 5-2" indicating the state code and "fips6-4" in the country code. Among them, "FIPS 140-2" is considered important from the viewpoint of security. "FIPS 140-2" is a code that points to security requests for cryptographic modules. This is the code that specifies the requirements for "cryptographic modules" in hardware and software that each federal agency uses. The FIPS 140-2 certification certificate means the exact module name, hardware, software, firmware and applet version. More than level2 also defines a platform where authentication is applicable. The U. S. government is requesting a certified cryptographic module for handling caution, but not in sensitive use. The Canada government also recommends the use of FIPS 140 certified cryptographic modules in non governmental applications. Thus, the security code for the encryption module of standard FIPS to handle the information is called FIPS 140-2.

How do I perform ID management effectively?

From the point of view of business, the IT security tool, such as the Password Manager Pro, provides FIPS certification to ensure that the information is protected by the state-of-the-art technology including AES-256 encryption.

FIPS 140-2-compliant mode in Password Manager Pro

If you are using the MS SQL server as a backup database, you can configure the Password Manager Pro in FIPS 140-2-compliant mode. This means that the Password Manager Pro is implemented with FIPS guaranteed libraries using the standard required for security enhancement.