FIPS 197 is a federal standard that specifies the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) as the encryption algorithm approved by the U.S. government for protecting sensitive information. Established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this standard outlines the technical requirements for AES, which has become a cornerstone in symmetric key cryptography and is widely used in various security protocols.
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