The Global Certification Team is proud to announce the FIPS 140-2 Crypto certification of the 6900 and 7900 Series IP Phones.
The phones received FIPS certificate #1647 for Models 6901 and 6911 and Certificate #1650 for 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961. Finally the 7906G, 7911G, 7931G, 7941G, 7942G, 7945G, 7961G, 7961GE, 7962G, 7965G, 7970G, 7971G, 7971GE, and 7975G were awarded FIPS certificate #1689.
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FIPS-140 is a US and Canadian government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules. A cryptographic module is defined as “the set of hardware, software, and/or firmware that implements approved security functions (including cryptographic algorithms and key generation) and is contained within the cryptographic boundary.” The cryptographic module is what is being validated.
Labor Day has been and gone. Apparently no one can wear white now and the fish have stopped biting. Well, the first bit might be true (not sure why) but don’t tell my son Adam about the second - he’s got the fishing bug! He got it from his mum, not from me. My wife Julie enjoyed fishing with her dad when she was younger, and is converting the rest of us. Not sure I’ll ever be a true aficionado myself, but it looks like our kids will.
Anyway, the video shows Adam’s excitement at being only one of two folks to catch fish that Labor Day weekend on Mickie’s Big Mack (that’s the name of Mickey’s boat!). The boat was full of fishermen and fisherwomen and fisherstories. I don’t know much about fishing, but when it came to my turn to tell a yarn folks were surprised that I knew about “superchill” (we had been discussing the Lake Tahoe water temperature earlier, before sun-up). What is it? well… Read More »
IP telephony has been deployed for over 12 years now within Cisco. We are constantly in an ongoing process to refresh our older phones with next generation devices. It’s not easy – it’s a little like painting the Golden Gate Bridge: you’re never finished.
