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FIPS 140-2 Support for Intel® Wireless Adapters

Content Type: Product Information & Documentation   |   Article ID: 000007084   |   Last Reviewed: 10/28/2021

FIPS is the Federal Information Processing Standard. FIPS 140-2 is currently the active version of the standard. Federal, state, and local governments in the United States often require FIPS conformance in any product that contains a cryptographic module.

From Windows Vista onward, the Windows Operating System (OS) natively supports FIPS. The Windows Wi-Fi drivers for Intel® Wireless Adapters are designed to work with the FIPS certified libraries in the different Windows OS versions.