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Change wording for FIPS 140-2 #34471

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Change wording for FIPS 140-2
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into fipswording
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions x-pack/docs/en/security/fips-140-compliance.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ government computer security standard used to approve cryptographic modules.
enabled JVM. In order to set {es} in fips mode, you must set the
`xpack.security.fips_mode.enabled` to `true` in `elasticsearch.yml`

For {es}, FIPS 140-2 compliance is ensured by
For {es}, adherence to FIPS 140-2 is ensured by

- Using FIPS approved / NIST recommended cryptographic algorithms.
- Delegating the implementation of these cryptographic algorithms to a NIST
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ features are not available while running in fips mode. The list is as follows:
* The SQL CLI client cannot run in a FIPS 140-2 enabled JVM while using
TLS for transport security or PKI for client authentication.
* The SAML Realm cannot decrypt and consume encrypted Assertions or encrypted
attributes in Attribute Statements from the SAML IdP.
attributes in Attribute Statements from the SAML IdP.