FIPS 140–2 Compliance for Database Encryption
On specific platforms, InterSystems IRIS® data platform supports FIPS 140–2 compliant cryptography for database encryption. (FIPS 140–2 refers to Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2, which is available at https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/publications/fips/140/2/final/documents/fips1402.pdfOpens in a new tab. )
This version of InterSystems IRIS supports FIPS 140-2–compliant cryptography for database encryption on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86-64. Red Hat has certificates of validation for the OpenSSL libcrypto.so and libssl.so libraries. When running in FIPS mode, InterSystems IRIS uses these certified libraries. To determine if a minor version of Red Hat Linux has current certification, consult the Red Hat documentationOpens in a new tab.
Note:
With FIPS mode enabled:
For information about Red Hat support for government standards, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/2918071Opens in a new tab.
Important:
InterSystems IRIS does not currently support FIPS mode on Red Hat 9.