FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARD

'Federal Information Processing Standards' ('FIPS') are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. Many FIPS standards are modified versions of standards used in the wider community (ANSI, IEEE, ISO, etc.)
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).
Examples of FIPS standards:

FIPS two-letter country codes (10-4)

FIPS place codes (55-3)

FIPS county codes (6-4)

FIPS state codes (5-2)
All similar to or comparable with ISO 3166, or the NUTS standard of the European Union.

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See also



FIPS 140 ''Security requirements for cryptography modules''

FIPS 201 ''Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors''

List of FIPS region codes

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA)

External links



NIST FIPS homepage

NIST FIPS resource center

NIST Computer Security Division

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