Normas de
nivel federal de los EEUU. Cubren aspectos de las tecnologías de la información
buscando un nivel común de calidad y unas ciertas garantías de
interoperabilidad.
A standard for adoption and
use by Federal agencies that has been developed within the Information
Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic
in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some
level of interoperability. [CNSSI_4009:2010]