FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards): Difference between revisions
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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors. |
|Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors. |
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Refer to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards FIPS in Wikipedia for overall information] |
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'''County & County Equivalent Codes:''' https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html describes the names and codes that represent the counties and equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions (i.e., counties) of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the possessions. |
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'''Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules''' |
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http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf describes 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. The standards cover a specific topic in information technology (IT) and strive to achieve a common level of quality or interoperability. |
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Revision as of 16:44, 29 June 2017
| Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.
Refer to FIPS in Wikipedia for overall information County & County Equivalent Codes: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html describes the names and codes that represent the counties and equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions (i.e., counties) of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the possessions. Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf describes 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. The standards cover a specific topic in information technology (IT) and strive to achieve a common level of quality or interoperability. |