The US Federal Information Processing Standardisation 140 (FIPS) are series of publications which are a U.S. government computer security standards that specify requirements for cryptography modules.

There are 11 areas which are examined, relating to the design and implementation of a cryptographic module, including operating system security, software security, key management, cryptographic algorithms, and self testing.

DataLocker Sentry FIPS 140-2 edition has successfully undergone FIPS 140-2 testing and was given approval certificate number 1555.

The NIST official website from where this information was reproduced can be found here:  http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/index.html

Awarded FIPS 140-2 Approval

• Policy Document
• Validation Certificate & Approval Number