The FIPS version of the IBM Cloud Object Storage System™ is a FIPS-compliant version of the IBM Cloud Object Storage System™. The system uses the IBM Cloud Object Storage System™ FIPS Cryptographic Module v1.1 certificate #2599 as the encryption module for the platform. All cryptographic operations performed on the new data stored in the FIPS version of the object store are executed in a FIPS- compliant manner. This version of the system only operates in FIPS mode which cannot be disabled on the system.