FIPS 140-3 and You, Part Three

FIPS 140-3 and You, Part Three
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Last spring, in the second installment of this blog series, we were excited to announce that our Luna HSM product line was the first HSM in the industry to achieve FIPS 140-3 level 3 validation certificate.

This spring, in this third installment, we happily share the news that many of Thales Data Security solutions, including the Luna USB HSMs and High Speed Encryptors (HSE) are now also validated for FIPS 140-3. This marks a significant milestone as it means that Thales has achieved FIPS 140-3 validations across its Data Security product portfolio, demonstrating their commitment to the highest security standards

At the recent ICMC conference in Toronto, our certifications team were on hand to pick up their hard-earned reward for this achievement. Much of this work is invisible to our customers as we do everything we can to make the transition simple and easy, but this dedicated team put in significant time and effort to make this happen.

From left to right: Teresa Macarthur, Thales Security Certifications; Graham Costa, Thales Security Certifications; David Hawes, NIST CMVP Program Manager; Laurie Mack, Thales Security Certifications; Will Tung, Thales Security Certifications; Rebeca Shaw, Thales Security Certifications; Kailai Chen, CCCS CMVP Program Manager.

Why the changes to FIPS?

For many years the FIPS validations remained unchanged, which always begs the question, why change? Since FIPS 140-2 was established in 1998, technology has transformed significantly impacting everyone, including certifications. The FIPS 140-3 compliance mandate is more closely aligned to international standards and designed to match new and evolving technologies. It is more flexible and modular in its approach and serves as a de facto goalpost for many global entities.

FIPS 140-3 also introduces the ability to certify Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms. Implementing FIPS 140-3 validated security solutions is an essential part of building a quantum-saf

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