The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication (FIPS) 140-2 is a US government computer security standard that is used to approve cryptographic modules. New Looker (Google Cloud core) instances that are created with either the Enterprise or the Embed edition option can be created to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 1 standards.
Create a FIPS 140-2 compliant Looker (Google Cloud core) instance
To create a new FIPS 140-2 compliant Looker (Google Cloud core) instance, in the FIPS 140-2 Validated Encryption portion of the Encryption section, select the Enable FIPS 140-2 Validated encryption checkbox when you create the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance.
Only new instances can be placed into FIPS-compliant mode.
FIPS and database dialects
Any database that was used by a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance that is in FIPS-compliant mode won't work with a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance that is not in FIPS-compliant mode.
Several database dialects that are otherwise supported by Looker (Google Cloud core) are not supported in FIPS-compliant mode. The following dialects are not supported in FIPS-compliant mode:
- Denodo 8
- Dremio 11+
- IBM Netezza
- Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL)
- PrestoSQL
- Teradata
- Trino