Red Hat Inc. has announced the completion of seven Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certifications from the U.S. government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), marking the culmination of the company’s largest certification effort to date with the U.S. government.
"When dealing with highly sensitive information, IT security is at the forefront of our customer's minds, especially those within federal sectors," said Paul Smith, vice president and general manager, Public Sector, Red Hat. "Completing these FIPS 140-2 certifications reinforces the commitment that Red Hat has to meeting the IT needs of those entities and providing the necessary security protection levels required by federal agencies worldwide."
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 on HP ProLiant DL585 and IBM BladeCenter HS22 servers has achieved the following FIPS 140-2 certifications: Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module; dm-crypt Cryptographic Module; OpenSwan Cryptographic Module; OpenSSH-Client Cryptographic Module; OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module; OpenSSL Cryptographic Module; and Libgcrypt Cryptographic Module.
For a full list of validated FIPS 140-1 and FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Modules from NIST, visit http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm.
For more on Red Hat’s new certifications, go here.