About FIPS Parent topic

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a United States government device security standard that specifies the security requirements for encryption modules. The following table explains the four levels of FIPS 140-2 security:

FIPS 140-2 Security Levels

Level
Description
1
Requires all encryption components to be production grade, and absent of obvious security holes.
2
Includes level 1 requirements and adds physical tamper-evidence and role-based authentication.
3
Includes level 2 requirements and adds physical tamper-resistance and identity-based authentication.
4
Includes level 3 requirements and adds additional physical security requirements.