FIPS 140
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FIPS 140 is a U.S. government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules used to protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunications systems.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FIPS 140 canonical | 4 |
| FIPS 140-2 | 3 |
| FIPS 140-3 | 3 |
| FIPS | 1 |
| FIPS 140 series | 1 |
| FIPS 140-1 | 1 |
| Federal Information Processing Standard 140 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7934793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIPS 140 Context triple: [NIST SP 800-56B, relatedTo, FIPS 140]
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A.
FIPS 200
FIPS 200 is a U.S. federal standard that establishes minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems, forming a core part of the government’s information security framework.
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B.
FIPS 201
FIPS 201 is a U.S. federal standard that defines the requirements and architecture for secure, interoperable personal identity verification (PIV) credentials for federal employees and contractors.
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C.
FIPS 198-1
FIPS 198-1 is a U.S. federal information processing standard that specifies the security requirements and implementation details for the HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) algorithm.
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D.
FIPS 04-07910
FIPS 04-07910 is the unique Federal Information Processing Standards geographic code assigned to Bullhead City, Arizona for use in U.S. government data and mapping systems.
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E.
Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards are publicly announced, U.S. government–wide standards that define requirements for information security, data formats, and interoperability in federal computer systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIPS 140 Target entity description: FIPS 140 is a U.S. government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules used to protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunications systems.
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A.
FIPS 200
FIPS 200 is a U.S. federal standard that establishes minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems, forming a core part of the government’s information security framework.
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B.
FIPS 201
FIPS 201 is a U.S. federal standard that defines the requirements and architecture for secure, interoperable personal identity verification (PIV) credentials for federal employees and contractors.
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C.
FIPS 198-1
FIPS 198-1 is a U.S. federal information processing standard that specifies the security requirements and implementation details for the HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) algorithm.
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D.
FIPS 04-07910
FIPS 04-07910 is the unique Federal Information Processing Standards geographic code assigned to Bullhead City, Arizona for use in U.S. government data and mapping systems.
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E.
Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards are publicly announced, U.S. government–wide standards that define requirements for information security, data formats, and interoperability in federal computer systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. government standard
ⓘ
cryptographic standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
Federal Information Processing Standard 140
ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
|
| administeredBy |
CSEC
ⓘ
linked to:
Caribbean Examinations Council
Communications Security Establishment Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Canada Communications Security Establishment
NIST ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
computer systems
ⓘ
telecommunications systems ⓘ |
| basedOn | ISO/IEC 19790 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| defines |
security levels for cryptographic modules
ⓘ
security requirements for cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| domain |
cryptography
ⓘ
information assurance ⓘ |
| effectiveFrom |
1994
ⓘ
2001 ⓘ |
| hasConcept | security levels for cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
FIPS 140-1
ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
FIPS 140-2 ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
FIPS 140-3 ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
|
| implementedThrough |
CMVP
ⓘ
Cryptographic Module Validation Program ⓘ
linked to:
NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program
|
| partOfSeries |
FIPS 140
ⓘ
FIPS 140 ⓘ FIPS 140 ⓘ Federal Information Processing Standards ⓘ |
| publisher |
NIST
ⓘ
NIST ⓘ NIST ⓘ NIST ⓘ National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ |
| purpose |
protect sensitive information
ⓘ
specify security requirements for cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| regulates |
design of cryptographic modules
ⓘ
implementation of cryptographic modules ⓘ operation of cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
FIPS 140-2
ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
FIPS 140-3 ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 140
|
| requires |
accreditation of testing laboratories
ⓘ
independent testing of cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| subject |
cryptographic modules
ⓘ
information security ⓘ security requirements for cryptographic modules ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. federal agencies
ⓘ
vendors of cryptographic products ⓘ |
| usedFor | validation of cryptographic modules ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FIPS 140 Description of subject: FIPS 140 is a U.S. government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules used to protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunications systems.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.