Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are a set of publicly announced standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that describe document processing, encryption algorithms and other information technology standards for use within non-military government agencies and by government contractors and vendors who work with the agencies.
G430 or G450 gateways with FIPS approved mode enabled will operate as a FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module (Level 1) if and only if your organization complies with all policies defined in the following Security Policy publications:
These documents are later referred in this administration guide as the “Security Policy”.
Strict adherence to the Security Policy is necessary to assure FIPS 140-2 compliance. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not enable FIPS approved mode until the Security Policy has been completely read and its requirements fully understood.
