FIPS

A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by NIST, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.


See FIPS 201-3 under Federal Information Processing Standards for more information.

Federal Information Processing Standard.


See the following for more information:
NIST SP 800-185
NIST SP 800-38D
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1

NIST SP 1800-12b under Federal Information Processing Standards
NISTIR 7622 under Federal Information Processing Standards

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