2021 FIPS 140-2 Cert. Stats

The CMVP posted 331 FIPS 140-2 certificates in 2021, the most in program history.

For the individual CST Labs, Acumen Security produced a record number of FIPS 140-2 certificates. atsec and UL are 2nd and 3rd respectively.



Cisco, Red HatFortinet, and Juniper achieved the most number of FIPS 140-2 certificates in 2021.


Security Level 1 certificates account for 58% of the total in 2021.


55% of the certificates are hardware; 38% are software in 2021.


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