Blog posts tagged
"FIPS"

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Canonical
11 August 2021

FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS!

Article Canonical announcements

Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds has received the FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for its cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, including OpenSSL 1.1.1. This certification is built on Canonical’s track record in designing Ubuntu for high security and regulated...

Canonical
11 August 2021

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
26 July 2021

Running FIPS 140 workloads on Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

This is the first article in a two-article series regarding FIPS 140 and Ubuntu. The first part of this series, this article, covers running FIPS 140 applications on Ubuntu while the second part, is covering the development of FIPS applications on Ubuntu. What is FIPS and why do I need it? Even though cryptography is

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
26 July 2021

Canonical
20 May 2020

FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical has received FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, with FIPS-validated OpenSSL-1.1.1. modules included. This certification enables organisations to meet compliance requirements within the public sector, healthcare and finance industries when utilising Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

Canonical
20 May 2020

Lech Sandecki
1 April 2020

FIPS 140-2: Stay compliant and secure with Canonical

Article Cloud and server

FIPS 140-2 is a set of publicly announced cryptographic standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It is an essential part of FEDRamp requirements for many governmental agencies in the US and Canada, as well as their business partners from all around the world. Furthermore, as a well...

Lech Sandecki
1 April 2020

Chris Johnston
13 December 2017

FIPS 140-2 Certified Modules for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Article Canonical announcements

We are pleased to announce that officially certified FIPS 140-2 level 1 cryptographic packages are now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu Advantage Advanced customers and as a separate, stand-alone product. In 2016 Canonical began the process of completing the Cryptographic Module Validation Program to obtain...

Chris Johnston
13 December 2017

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