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FIPS-validated encryption
FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) is a standard created by the US federal government defines a range of cybersecurity requirements for sensitive data.
Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd provides a build of Linkerd that uses FIPS-validated cryptographic modules for all encryption, allowing it to meet FIPS-140-2 and FIPS-140-3 standards.
These FIPS-validated builds of Linkerd cover both Linkerd’s control plane and its data plane, and allow your application to have FIPS validated encryption without changing its code.
More information (including CMVP numbers) is available upon request.