National Institute of Standards and Technology Issues Seven Security
Certifications to Red Hat
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today 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). This
marks the culmination of Red Hat's largest certification effort to date
with the U.S. government.
Information security officials have a mandate to maintain greater
control over data and information systems. U.S. federal agencies that
use cryptographic-based security systems to protect sensitive
information in computer, telecommunication systems and other IT-related
products must use FIPS-140 certified systems in order to meet those
security requirements. FIPS 140-2 validation is also required by
national agencies in Canada and is recognized in Europe and Australia.
"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:
The Secretary of Commerce approves standards and guidelines that are
developed by NIST for U.S. federal computer systems. NIST develops FIPS
when there are compelling U.S. government requirements, such as for
security and interoperability, and where there are no acceptable
industry standards or solutions. The FIPS 140 Publication Series
coordinates the requirements and standards from cryptography modules for
hardware and software, and in order to achieve FIPS 140-2 validation,
cryptographic modules are subjected to rigorous testing by independent,
accredited test facilities.
The validation testing for today's announcement was performed by atsec
information security corporation's Cryptographic and Security Testing
Laboratory in Austin, Texas. atsec is an independent company with
long-standing experience in international IT security standards.
atsec commented: "We congratulate Red Hat on their successful
certifications. Red Hat continues to be an industry leader with their
increasing number of FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules that are
regularly updated, retested, and revalidated to the FIPS 140-2 standard;
and those modules are included in their distributions. The Red Hat
developers and management team show an ongoing commitment to meeting
their customer's compliance requirements with the highest quality
products. They prove that commitment by having those products
independently examined, tested and validated."
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.
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