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FIPS-140-2 Certification

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Pure Storage FlashArray deploys industry leading AES-256 standard for data-at-rest encryption. All the algorithms used for data encryption, key generation and key protection are National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certified. Additionally, the FlashArray's crypto module is FIPS-140-2 certified. Following are the NIST validations for the algorithms used for Encryption:

  1. AES [FIPS 197 and SP 800-38A] AES: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/aes/aesval.html Validation nr. 3181
  2. [SP 800-90A] DRBG: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/drbg/drbgval.html Validation nr. 663
  3. [FIPS 198-1]: HMAC: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/mac/hmacval.html Validation nr. 2007
  4. [FIPS 180-4]: SHA: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/shs/shaval.htm Validation nr. 2633
  5. [FIPS 140-2 Certification Certificate 4109] https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/4109