Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are standards made by the Federal government of the United States for non-military government agencies and by government contractors to use, and they are announced to the public.
Many FIPS standards are modified versions of standards used in the wider community (ANSI, IEEE, ISO, etc.)
Standard Publications
Some FIPS standards were originally developed by the U.S. government. For instance, standards for encoding data (e.g. country codes), but more significantly some encryption standards, such as the Data Encryption Standard (FIPS 46) and the Advanced Encryption Standard (FIPS 197).
Other websites
- FIPS homepage
- FIPS resource center
- Computer Security Division Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
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