Windows Phone picks up all nine FIPS 140-2 certifications, clears path for government customers

Expert news if you're a Windows Phone lover and happen to work for the U.s.a. or Canadian governments. The mobile operating system you use all the time has picked upward the required cryptographic modules from the The states CMVP and Canadian CSEC validation programs. Details subsequently the break.

While Windows Phone is a fine operating system for both consumer and enterprise customers, information technology's been held back from whatever government action. What kept it? The lack of support for some validation certificates that are issued past the Cryptographic Module Validation Programme (CMVP-U.s.) or the Communications Security Establishment (CSE-Canada).

Windows Telephone simply received all nine FIPS 140-2 validation certificates. FIPS stands for Federal Information Processing Standard and was adamant by a publication titled Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. The purpose of giving a device, like Windows Phone, FIPS 140-ii is to standardize and coordinate requirements for cryptography modules in both software and hardware. This will allow government agencies and other regulated industries (healthcare and finance) to collect, shop, transfer, share, and disseminate sensitive but unclassified data.

What's this mean for Windows Phone? It means government customers in the U.s.a. and Canada tin validate and deploy Windows Phone devices to their employees. You lot won't be seeing James Bond with 1 presently (he deals with classified information), but it'due south a good win for Windows Phone and some other step towards increased market place share.

If anything of this makes sense, you'll desire to striking up the MSDN web log mail below to get the details and view all nine FIPS 140-2 certificates that Windows Phone received.

Source: MSDN; Thanks, Vince B., for the tip!

History catches upward

The problem for a consumer HoloLens was always the lack of Windows Phone

What is the future for Microsoft (and Windows) mixed reality? The latest study from Business organization Insider sheds some light, but this all comes back to one major trouble for Microsoft: No mobile Windows Bone. But what about a hereafter headset that is cloud-based? Some thoughts on what could happen for Microsoft mixed reality.

All our picks for the very best laptops with USB-C ports

Buyer's guide

All our picks for the very all-time laptops with USB-C ports

Looking for a new laptop that has USB-C ports? Possibly you demand Thunderbolt 4, or mayhap Thunderbolt 4 isn't a requirement for y'all. Either way, nosotros've rounded up what we remember are the best USB-C laptops available to buy today.