4.9. FIPS 140-2 Compliant Encryption

The Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is a US government computer security standard for the accreditation of cryptographic software modules. FIPS 140-2 compliance is often a requirement of software systems used by government agencies and private sector business.

JBoss EAP 6 uses external modules encryption and can be configured to use a FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptography module.