U.S. government encryption standard
C22172
concept
A U.S. government encryption standard is an officially approved cryptographic algorithm or protocol, such as AES, mandated or recommended by federal authorities to protect sensitive government and public-sector information.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. federal information processing standard | 5 |
| U.S. government encryption standard canonical | 1 |
| U.S. government standard | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: U.S. government encryption standard
Generated description
A U.S. government encryption standard is an officially approved cryptographic algorithm or protocol, such as AES, mandated or recommended by federal authorities to protect sensitive government and public-sector information.
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| DES | — |
| FIPS 198-1 | U.S. federal information processing standard |
| FIPS 201 | U.S. federal information processing standard |
| FIPS 140 | U.S. government standard |
| Secure Hash Standard | U.S. federal information processing standard |
| FIPS 186-2 | U.S. federal information processing standard |
| FIPS 180-4 | U.S. federal information processing standard |