Vitesse achieves federal FIPS security certification

CAMARILLO, USA: Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced that its SynchroPHY 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10GE PHYs with Intellisec IEEE 802.1AE MACsec technology are the world's first to achieve Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197 256-bit AES encryption certification.

FIPS 197 is a de facto benchmark encryption standard issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) which specifies the approved cryptographic algorithm to protect electronic data. 256-bit AES offers exponentially better data protection and is required by the U.S. National Security Agency for highly sensitive data.

The FIPS certification validates solutions correctly implementing the AES algorithm, enabling OEMs to dramatically accelerate end product qualification and entry into markets with stringent security requirements, including military, government, secure industrial, financial, and HIPAA-compliant IT infrastructure.

"AES 256-bit encryption is a highly secure, internationally recognized data protection standard. FIPS 197 certification demonstrates that Vitesse meets the rigorous security requirements needed to protect critical network infrastructures," said Martin Nuss, CTO for Vitesse.

"Achieving this validation for our SynchroPHY family is another major proof point of Vitesse's leadership in bringing low cost, scalable security solutions to the Carrier, Enterprise and IoT markets."