FIPS

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001748",
  "term": "FIPS",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by NIST, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.\n\n2. A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.\n\n3. Federal Information Processing Standard.\n\n4. A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by NIST. A standard in FIPS covers a specific topic in information technology to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.",
  "expansions": [
    "Federal Information Processing Standard",
    "Federal Information Processing Standard(s)",
    "Federal Information Processing Standards"
  ],
  "references": [
    "FIPS 201-3",
    "NIST SP 800-161 [Superseded] from NIST SP 800-64 Rev. 2; NISTIR 7622 from NIST SP 800-64 Rev. 2",
    "NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 1800-12b",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/fips/"
}