Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2

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The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a US and Canadian government standard that specifies the security requirements for cryptographic modules that protect sensitive information. If you require use of FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules when accessing AWS US East/West, AWS GovCloud (US), or AWS Canada (Central) through use of the command line interface (CLI) or programmatically by using the APIs, the following sections provide the list of available FIPS endpoints by AWS Region. The Amazon Virtual Private Cloud VPN endpoints in AWS GovCloud (US) operate using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules. In non-GovCloud Regions, we support the FIPS-compliant algorithm set for IPSec as long as the Customer gateway specifies only FIPS-compatible cipher suites. AWS works with customers to provide the information they need to manage compliance when using the AWS US East/West, AWS GovCloud (US), or AWS Canada (Central) Regions. For more information about the standard, see Cryptographic Module Validation Program on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website.

As of April 1, 2021, all AWS FIPS endpoints have been updated to only accept a minimum of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 connections. This ensures that our customers who run regulated workloads can meet FedRAMP compliance requirements that mandate a minimum of TLS 1.2 encryption for data in transit. Read the announcement on the AWS Security blog post.