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seek
seeking
ing FIPS 140-2 (or  soon, FIPS this particular February
wheel 2019 has
rapidly
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140-3) validation.
changing design requirements?
We’ll be ready to help with the cer-
tification, and it sure makes it easi-
er when folks are starting from the
same place.
About the Author:
Walter Paley, serves as the VP of Commu-
nications for SafeLogic, responsible for the
strategy, outreach, and evangelism of FIPS
140 validated encryption and related solu-
tions.
Lots of start-ups begin with open
source and upgrade later, and this
will be the new default choice for He has worked with a series of startups
and companies in growth stages, including
many.
Nukona (acquired by Symantec), Qubole,
Our team knows it inside and out
and is focused on building com-
patible validated crypto modules
purpose-built to meet U.S. Federal
requirements.
With all of these issues
converging this year,
it’s a real challenge,
so it makes even more
sense for vendors to
partner with a special-
ist instead of trying to
tackle it in-house.
Why re-invent the
wheel, especially when
Bitzer Mobile (acquired by Oracle, and Ti-
gerText, among others.
An alumnus of the psychology program at
UC San Diego, Walt lives in Southern Cal-
ifornia with his wife and kids and enjoys
baseball and kayaking.
Walter Paley, SafeLogic Director of Marketing
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