# FIPS-ing the Un-FIPS-able: Apache Spark

DevFeed: [FIPS-ing the Un-FIPS-able: Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fips-ing-the-un-fips-able-apache-spark-13045.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/fips-ing-the-un-fips-able-apache-spark>)

Published: 2025-04-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Data Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-infrastructure.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>)

Tags: [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [apache-spark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache-spark.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [data-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-infrastructure.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [fips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips.md>), [fraud-detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud-detection.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [real-time-data-streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time-data-streaming.md>), [recommendation-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recommendation-systems.md>), [spark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spark.md>), [spark-operator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spark-operator.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard announces FIPS-validated container images for Apache Spark and Spark Operator, built entirely from source. The article explains the demand for FIPS-compatible Spark in regulated environments and describes the effort to overcome incompatibilities between Spark and FIPS-approved cryptographic libraries.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard now offers FIPS-validated container images for Apache Spark and Spark Operator. See how we did it.