OSNexus QuantaStor Platform Completes NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Security Certification

OSNexus Corp. completes the NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 1 security certification for its QuantaStor platform.

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 from the National Institute of Processing Standards (NIST) specifies the security requirements that must be satisfied by a cryptographic module, providing four increasing, qualitative levels intended to cover a range of potential applications and environments.

“Security features and compliance to industry security standards is a major area of focus at OSNexus,” said Steven Umbehocker, CEO. “The FIPS 140-2 certification is an important step forward as it is a certification required by many customers in both the public and private sector.”

The company’s crypto library is the internal QuantaStor component that satisfies FIPS-140-2 by handling all hashing, key generation, key wrap protection, AES encryption and other security operations in compliance with the standard. By separating all of the security related functions into the crypto library, the core QuantaStor services are able to be upgraded over time with features without breaking FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliance.

Since this certification is a Level 1 software-focused certification, the firm’s partners and distributors are able to deliver FIPS 140-2 compliant QuantaStor solutions on a variety of server hardware platforms.