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CA ARCserve Backup and FIPS Compliance

CA ARCserve Backup uses FIPS-compliant algorithms for backing up and restoring sensitive information such as username and password credentials.

• If you choose to encrypt your data during backup to a disk or tape, the algorithms used to encrypt this data will be FIPS-compliant.
• During backup time, the username and password will be sent to the CA ARCserve Backup server agent (running on the server to be protected). This username and password will be encrypted using FIPS-compliant algorithms and transferred to the agent.
• CA ARCserve Backup also supports tape drives (from external third-party vendors) that provide FIPS-compliant hardware encryption. This is in addition to FIPS-compliant tape or disk encryption provided by the CA ARCserve Backup software.
• CA ARCserve Backup provides additional agents and options that also use FIPS-compliant algorithms to support data encryption. These agents and options include: Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server, Agent for Microsoft SQL Server, Agent for Microsoft SharePoint Server, and CA ARCserve Replication.

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