What is FIPS AWS?

What is FIPS AWS?

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 AWS works with customers to provide the information they need to manage compliance when using the AWS US East/West, AWS GovCloud (US), or AWS Canada (Central) Regions.

Is AWS RDS FIPS compliant?

FIPS 140-2 is a U.S. and Canadian government standard that specifies the security requirements for cryptographic modules that protect sensitive information. …

What is FIPS endpoint AWS?

AppStream 2.0 offers FIPS endpoints in all United States AWS Regions where AppStream 2.0 is available. When you use a FIPS endpoint, all data in transit is encrypted using cryptographic standards that comply with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2.

What is the difference between FIPS 140-2 and FIPS 140 3?

FIPS 140-3 supersedes FIPS 140-2 and outlines updated federal security requirements for cryptographic modules. The new standards align with ISO/IEC 19790:2012(E) and include modifications of the Annexes that are allowed by the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), as a validation authority.

What is Dracut-FIPS?

The dracut-fips package provides the modules to build a dracut initramfs file system that performs an integrity check. If the system CPU supports AES New Instructions (AES-NI), install the package. Recreate the initramfs file system.

What is FIPS stand for?

What are Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)? FIPS are standards and guidelines for federal computer systems that are developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and approved by the Secretary of Commerce.

What FIPS 140-2?

The Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is an information technology security accreditation program for validating that the cryptographic modules produced by private sector companies meet well-defined security standards.

Is TLS 1.2 FIPS compliant?

TLS versions 1.1 and 1.2 are approved for the protection of federal information, when properly configured. It requires that TLS 1.2 configured with FIPS-based cipher suites be supported by all government TLS servers and clients.

What is FIPS mode?

Enabling FIPS mode makes Windows and its subsystems use only FIPS-validated cryptographic algorithms. An example is Schannel, which is the system component that provides SSL and TLS to applications. When FIPS mode is enabled, Schannel disallows SSL 2.0 and 3.0, protocols that fall short of the FIPS standards.

How do you become FIPS 140-2 compliant?

To be FIPS 140-2 certified or validated, the software (and hardware) must be independently validated by one of 13 NIST specified laboratories. The process takes weeks. Sometimes the software fails and must be fixed and then the testing process repeated.

What is the difference between FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and Level 3?

Level 2: Requires physical tamper-evidence and role-based authentication for hardware. Software is required to run on an Operating System (OS) approved to Common Criteria (CC) at Evaluation Assurance Level 2 (EAL2). Level 3: Hardware must feature physical tamper-resistance and identity-based authentication.

Does Ubuntu use dracut?

Thanks to the help from Andrea Corbellini the problem has been identified and is tracked in the bug report Package dracut cannot be installed on Ubuntu 12.10.

What does FIPS 140-2 mean for Amazon GovCloud?

The Amazon Virtual Private Cloud VPN endpoints in AWS GovCloud (US) operate using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules. AWS works with customers to provide the information they need to manage compliance when using the AWS US East/West, AWS GovCloud (US), or AWS Canada (Central) Regions.

Which is AWS key management service offers FIPS 140-2 certificate?

First, AWS KMS HSMs were tested by an independent lab; those results were further reviewed by the Cryptographic Module Validation Program run by NIST. You can view the FIPS 140-2 certificate of the AWS Key Management Service HSM to get more details. AWS KMS HSMs are designed so that no one, not even AWS employees, can retrieve your plaintext keys.

Do you need FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules?

If you require use of FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules when accessing AWS US East/West, AWS GovCloud (US), or AWS Canada (Central) through use of the command line interface (CLI) or programmatically by using the APIs, the following sections provide the list of available FIPS endpoints by AWS Region.

What is the NIST FIPS 140-2 validation program?

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) run the FIPS 140-2 program. The NVLAP accredits independent testing labs to perform FIPS 140- 2 testing; the CMVP validates modules meeting FIPS 140-2 validation.