Red Hat Completes FIPS 140-2 Re-certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
March 12 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New certification extends FIPS 140-2 to
solutions that incorporate Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including Red
Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and
more
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
has renewed and expanded the Federal Information Processing
Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) security certifications from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FIPS 140-2
is a computer security standard that specifies the requirements for
cryptographic modules -- including both hardware and software
components -- used within a security system to protect sensitive,
but unclassified information.
Historically, software operating on a FIPS 140-2 certified
system did not automatically inherit the sophisticated cryptography
certifications of the base operating system. With this
certification, Red Hat becomes the first in the industry to provide
assurance that its integrated solutions that incorporate Red Hat
Enterprise Linux will retain the FIPS 140-2 certification. These
solutions include, but are not limited to:
- Red Hat Ceph Storage
- Red Hat CloudForms
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic
Host
- Red Hat Gluster Storage
- Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- Red Hat Satellite
- Red Hat Virtualization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has achieved FIPS 140-2
re-certification for the following modules:
- GnuTLS Cryptographic Module
- Kernel Cryptographic API
- Libgcrypt Cryptographic Module
- Libreswan Cryptographic Module
- NSS Cryptographic Module
- OpenSSH Client Cryptographic
Module
- OpenSSH Server Cryptographic
Module
- OpenSSL Cryptographic Module
The certified modules retain FIPS 140-2 certification on these
hardware configurations:
- Dell PowerEdge R630 with Processor
Algorithm Accelerators (PAA)
- Dell PowerEdge R630 without PAA
FIPS 140-2 validation is required by U.S. law when information
systems use cryptography to protect sensitive government
information. In order to achieve FIPS 140-2 certification,
cryptographic modules are subject to rigorous testing by
independent Cryptographic and Security Testing Laboratories,
accredited by NIST. The validation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
was performed by the atsec information security corporation’s
Cryptographic and Security Testing Laboratory in Austin, Texas.
Atsec is an independent, internationally recognized organization
with long-standing experience in IT security standards.
Supporting Quote
Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager, U.S.
Public Sector, Red Hat“Confidence that sensitive information is
kept secure is of critical importance to every level of government,
and a responsibility that Red Hat does not take lightly. We have a
long history of providing the U.S. government with robust
enterprise open source solutions with strong security capabilities
and we are continuing to lead the way with this latest
certification. With this announcement, we are pleased to be the
first to offer the federal government a NIST validated cryptography
that encompasses both the operating system and the layered
infrastructure support.”
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solutions and commitment to public sector standards
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Module Validation Program
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