1 About the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-3

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-3 is a computer security standard developed by the U.S. Government and industry working group for the protection of sensitive but unclassified data. See the official FIPS publications at NIST Computer Security Resource Center.

The FIPS 140-3 standard identifies security requirements and specifies tests to validate that cryptographic algorithms have been implemented correctly. See the full FIPS 140-3 standard at FIPS PUB 140-3 for further details and other specifications of the FIPS standard.

For more information about how to enable Oracle Linux 9 in FIPS mode to use FIPS-compliant algorithms and protocols, see Oracle Linux 9: Enhancing System Security.

For more information about the current status of FIPS certifications, see Oracle Security Evaluations.