Federal Information Processing Standards

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U.S. federal government standard information security standard technical standard

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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
FIPS	1
FIPS 140	1
FIPS 140 series	1
FIPS 199	1
Federal Information Processing Standard	1
Federal Information Processing Standards canonical	1
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)	1
NIST Federal Information Processing Standards for security	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1274868 — 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: Federal Information Processing Standards
Context triple: [National Institute of Standards and Technology, issues, Federal Information Processing Standards]

A. ISO 7498
ISO 7498 is the international standard that defines the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model for network communications.
B. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
C. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework is a U.S. federal government methodology and reference model for organizing and aligning agency business processes, information, and technology to improve efficiency and interoperability.
D. Standards and Recommended Practices
Standards and Recommended Practices are internationally agreed technical and operational specifications issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization to harmonize and enhance the safety, efficiency, and regularity of global civil aviation.
E. Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 is a U.S. law that updates and strengthens federal government information security practices by clarifying agency responsibilities, enhancing oversight, and modernizing the framework for protecting federal information 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: Federal Information Processing Standards
Target entity description: 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.

A. ISO 7498
ISO 7498 is the international standard that defines the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model for network communications.
B. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
C. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework is a U.S. federal government methodology and reference model for organizing and aligning agency business processes, information, and technology to improve efficiency and interoperability.
D. Standards and Recommended Practices
Standards and Recommended Practices are internationally agreed technical and operational specifications issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization to harmonize and enhance the safety, efficiency, and regularity of global civil aviation.
E. Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 is a U.S. law that updates and strengthens federal government information security practices by clarifying agency responsibilities, enhancing oversight, and modernizing the framework for protecting federal information systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal government standard ⓘ information security standard ⓘ technical standard ⓘ
abbreviation	FIPS ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Processing Standards
accessPolicy	publicly available ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ federal computer systems ⓘ
basedOn	statutory responsibilities of NIST under U.S. law ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	cryptography ⓘ information security ⓘ information technology ⓘ
governs	federal information processing ⓘ
hasPart	individual numbered FIPS publications ⓘ
includes	FIPS 140 series ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS 197 ⓘ linked to: Advanced Encryption Standard FIPS 199 ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS 200 ⓘ FIPS 201 ⓘ
influences	U.S. government procurement requirements for IT ⓘ commercial IT security products ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	mandatory for U.S. federal agencies ⓘ non-mandatory for private sector unless referenced by contracts or regulations ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ
objective	improve security of federal information systems ⓘ promote interoperability among federal IT systems ⓘ standardize data formats in federal IT systems ⓘ
publisher	NIST ⓘ linked to: National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ
purpose	define data format requirements for federal systems ⓘ define interoperability requirements for federal systems ⓘ define requirements for information security in federal systems ⓘ
regulates	cryptographic modules used by federal agencies ⓘ data encryption used in federal information systems ⓘ digital signatures used in federal information systems ⓘ hash functions used in federal information systems ⓘ
relatedTo	FISMA ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 Federal Information Security Modernization Act ⓘ linked to: Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 NIST Special Publications ⓘ linked to: NIST SP 800 series
scope	government-wide ⓘ
standardizes	cryptographic algorithms for federal use ⓘ minimum security requirements for federal information systems ⓘ security categorization of federal information and systems ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. Department of Defense when referenced by policy ⓘ U.S. federal civilian agencies ⓘ U.S. intelligence community when referenced by policy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Institute of Standards and Technology → issues → Federal Information Processing Standards ⓘ

NIST SP 800-56A → relatedTo → FIPS 140 ⓘ