How Acunetix approaches FIPS

Acunetix is compatible with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2. Acunetix can function on a machine where the FIPS policy is enabled without throwing any errors.

What is FIPS?

FIPS 140-2 is a US government standard that specifies the basic security standards for cryptographic modules in IT devices. The confidentiality and integrity of the information protected by this module require the module's protection.

So, all federal agencies as well as their contractors and service providers, including networking and cloud service providers, need to comply with this standard. Beyond the federal agencies, this standard has become the de-facto norm for encryption and is widely acknowledged as a critical security standard.

Configuring Acunetix for FIPS

Acunetix can function on a machine where the FIPS policy is enabled without throwing any errors. This means if the FIPS policy is enabled on a machine that runs or installs Acunetix, that policy does not interfere with the running state of the software. Additionally, no error event log entries are recorded.

The following table shows which Acunetix application is compatible with the FIPS-policy-enabled environment.