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# Blog posts tagged "FIPS certification"

#### [Announcing FIPS 140-3 for Ubuntu Core22](https://canonical.com/blog/announcing-fips-140-3-for-ubuntu-core22)

FIPS compliance for IoT use cases in Federal space. In this article, we’ll explore what Ubuntu Core is, and how to use it with FIPS.

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Hardening

#### [Everything you need to know about FIPS 140-3 on Ubuntu | Videos](https://canonical.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-fips-140-3-on-ubuntu-videos)

We get a lot of questions about FIPS 140-3, and so we decided to put together this comprehensive collection of video resources to answer the most burning ones we’ve had so far.

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Hardening

#### [Canonical releases FIPS-enabled Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-fips-enabled-kubernetes)

Today at KubeCon North America, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, released support to enable FIPS mode in its Kubernetes distribution, providing everything needed to create and manage a scalable cluster suitable for high-security and Federal deployments.

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Canonical announcements

#### [What is CMMC compliance?](https://canonical.com/blog/what-is-cmmc-compliance)

CMMC version 2.0 came into effect on December 26, 2023, and is designed to ensure adherence to rigorous cybersecurity policies and practices within the public sector and amongst wider industry partners.

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Hardening

#### [FIPS 140-3 certified modules now available for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/fips-140-3-for-ubuntu-22-04lts)

New deployments should take advantage of the new FIPS 140-3 certified modules available with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

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FIPS

#### [The role of FIPS 140-3 in the latest FedRAMP guidance](https://canonical.com/blog/the-role-of-fips-140-3-in-the-latest-fedramp-guidance)

Good news in the US federal compliance space. The latest FedRAMP policy relaxes past restrictions that prevented organizations from applying critical security updates.

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FIPS

#### [NIST CMVP Interim Validation & Jammy FIPS](https://canonical.com/blog/interim-validation-jammy-fips)

If you need FIPS-validated cryptographic modules for your deployments, you may be aware that these have been turbulent times in the FIPS world. We have seen the introduction of the new FIPS 140-3 standard, with the older 140-2 being phased out (all existing certificates will expire by September 2026 at the latest). The industry has

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FIPS

#### [Cloud computing security and compliance with Ubuntu Pro](https://canonical.com/blog/open-source-security-with-ubuntu-pro)

Cloud computing security coverage for the operating system and the entire collection of software packages for 10 years with Ubuntu.

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Security

#### [Canonical at AWS Summit Washington 2022](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-at-aws-summit-washington-2022)

Meet our public sector team from May 23-25 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC Our collaboration wth AWS has started in 2012 making 2022 the 10th year of working together to deliver premium open source solutions in the cloud. With Public Sector designation, our goal is to continue supporting AWS providing security an

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Cloud and server

#### [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS drives high security and regulated workloads with its FIPS 140-2 certification](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-20-04-lts-drives-high-security-and-regulated-workloads-with-its-fips-140-2-certification)

Austin, Texas – Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds has received the FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for its cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, including OpenSSL 1.1.1. This certification is built on Canonical’s track record in designing Ubuntu for high security and regulated worklo

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Canonical announcements

#### [FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS!](https://canonical.com/blog/fips-certification-ubuntu-20-04-lts)

Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds has received the FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for its cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, including OpenSSL 1.1.1. This certification is built on Canonical’s track record in designing Ubuntu for high security and regulated workloads. The FIPS 14

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Canonical announcements

#### [FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/fips-certification-ubuntu-18-04-lts)

Canonical has received FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, with FIPS-validated OpenSSL-1.1.1. modules included. This certification enables organisations to meet compliance requirements within the public sector, healthcare and finance industries when utilising Ubuntu 18.04 LTS within public and

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Canonical announcements
