In 2020, Acumen Security produced the most FIPS 140-2 certificates. UL and atsec are 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The number of FIPS 140-2 certificates issued each year continues to decline since the program peak in 2016.
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Security Level 1 certificates account for 60% of the total in 2020.
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52% of the certificates are hardware; 43% are software.
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Cisco and Canonical achieved the most number of FIPS 140-2 certificates.
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