The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) was issued by the NIST in order to coordinate the requirements and standards for cryptography present in software. Secret Server accomodates Federal government departments and private industries needing to achieve this standard by using FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms.
Do you require FIPS compliance?
For instructions on enabling FIPS compliance in Secret Server, see the below Knowledge Base article:
http://support.thycotic.com/KB/a75/enabling-fips-compliance-in-secret-server.aspx
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