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How FIPS Compliance Bolsters Security Software at InfoGard Labs

These are busy days at InfoGard Labs. The San Luis Obispo (Calif.) outfit is one of only six info-tech laboratories in the U.S. and Canada allowed to issue a government seal of approval known as FIPS compliance. FIPS stands for Federal . . . . These are busy days at InfoGard Labs. The San Luis Obispo (Calif.) outfit is one of only six info-tech laboratories in the U.S. and Canada allowed to issue a government seal of approval known as FIPS compliance. FIPS stands for Federal Information Processing Standard, a rigorous set of criteria established by groups of government and private-sector experts on cryptography standards and implementations. Starting in July, 2002, FIPS 140 level-2 standards became mandatory, replacing the more lenient FIPS 140 level-1 rules. Every company seeking to sell encryption software to the federal government or to do business with Uncle Sam involving computers and encryption has to use equipment that holds a FIPS-2 compliance rating. We're not talking just spookware. Once the strictly the province of military and intelligence communities, encryption is now common in everything from e-mail and instant-messaging software to databases. At the same time, federal laws covering privacy requirements in banking and health care have mandated that more data be encrypted. The steady rise of cyberattacks has likewise made enhanced encryption a priority for business in general. And the rise of the Internet has in many cases forced FIPS compliance on seemingly benign systems, such as automated procurement software, that talk to federal computers. The link for this article located at BusinessWeek is no longer available. . These are busy days at InfoGard Labs. The San Luis Obispo (Calif.) outfit is one of only six info-te. these, infogard, obispo, (calif, outfit, info-te. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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