--- title: "TrueNAS NIST" url: https://www.truenas.com/truenas-nist/ description: " --> " breadcrumb: ["Home", "TrueNAS NIST"] date_published: 2026-07-02 date_modified: 2026-07-22 author: "Pee Jay Latombo" source: html generator: tn-md-extract/1 --- [Home](https://www.truenas.com) › **TrueNAS NIST** Active Federal Deployment # NIST already runs TrueNAS. Your agency should too. The organization that writes U.S. cybersecurity standards chose TrueNAS for FIPS compliance, long-term reliability, and zero vendor lock-in. See why — and get the same peace of mind. [Join Them — Get a Federal Brief](https://www.truenas.com/truenas-nist/#contact) [See the full NIST story →](https://www.truenas.com/truenas-nist/#story) ![NIST](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NIST_343333.png) FIPS Certified What NIST says "With TrueNAS, I know my data is going to be there, and I know I'm not getting locked into something I can't get out of later." — Mark Williams Sr., Systems Administrator, NIST 3+ Active deployments at NIST \$0 Surprise maintenance costs ZFS Open, no lock-in storage Also trusted by Fortune 500 companies U.S. Federal agencies Research institutions worldwide Universities & NGOs Gartner 4.9 / 5 rated ## Your colleagues made the same call. Federal, research, and government IT teams across the country have moved to TrueNAS for the same reasons: compliance without compromise, costs that don't balloon, and hardware that doesn't get crippled at EOL. Standards & Compliance #### National Institute of Standards & Technology Multiple M-Series deployments across virtualization, security groups, and enterprise backup. Research & Science #### Universities & Research Institutions High-capacity storage for data-intensive research workloads — without proprietary licensing traps. Enterprise #### Over 60% of Fortune 500 Companies Mission-critical workloads in virtualization, backup, AI/ML, and analytics — trusted at scale. Public Sector #### Government & NGOs Worldwide Secure, FIPS-ready infrastructure that meets the standards agencies actually operate under. The NIST case study ## The agency that writes the rules chose TrueNAS. NIST sets the federal cybersecurity standards the rest of government follows — including FIPS 140. Their storage infrastructure has to reflect exactly that: encrypted at rest and in transit, compliant, and built to last well beyond standard lifecycles. Systems Administrator Mark Williams deployed TrueNAS across virtualization (NFS + XCP-ng), security group storage, and enterprise backup. What started as one M40 became a multi-system institutional standard — because it worked exactly as promised, every year. No maintenance traps. No forced upgrades. No licensing games. *Just storage that performs.* FIPS **Full federal compliance** Encrypted at rest and in transit. Certification testing happens at NIST's own facility. 3+ **Active deployments at NIST** Virtualization (XCP-ng + NFS), security group storage, and enterprise backup. \$3M **What the previous vendor cost them** A 90% discount offer became a \$3M maintenance bill five years later. TrueNAS doesn't work that way. EOL+ **Hardware that still runs** NIST's oldest unit is past end-of-life and still operates at 100%. Most vendors cripple theirs. ![TrueNAS M-Series](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/M50.png) What NIST runs TrueNAS M-Series Enterprise NAS built for demanding government and research environments. [Get Specs for Your Agency →](https://www.truenas.com/truenas-nist/#contact) " We create the guidelines. Our storage has to be FIPS-compliant, both encrypted at rest and in transit. TrueNAS is FIPS-certified, and that's huge for us. Mark Williams Sr. · Systems Administrator, NIST ### Predictable, transparent ownership costs No capacity-based pricing traps. No surprise renewal invoices. TrueNAS delivers a fixed, predictable cost model so your agency can plan five years out — not react to vendor ambushes. ### Long-term hardware viability NIST's oldest TrueNAS unit is past end-of-life — and still runs at 100%. We don't cripple hardware to force upgrades. Your budget, your timeline. ### Responsive support, no surprises Dependable vendor support without burdensome enterprise contracts designed to extract more money. If you need help, you get it — simply and quickly. ### Open ZFS — no lock-in, ever Your data lives in open, portable formats you fully control. Migrate it, back it up anywhere, move it on your schedule — without asking a vendor's permission or paying exit fees. ## Ready to join NIST and thousands of others? Our federal storage team understands FIPS requirements, long-term TCO planning, and what it takes to get storage approved in a government environment. Let's talk — no pressure, no pitch theater. ![NIST](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NIST_343333.png) Trusted by NIST — the agency that sets the standard. ### Get a Federal Storage Brief We'll follow up within one business day. First Name Last Name Government Email Agency / Organization Primary Interest FIPS Compliance & Federal Security Backup & Disaster Recovery Virtualization Storage (NFS / NVMe) Long-term TCO & Cost Reduction Replacing a Legacy Vendor General Evaluation Request Federal Brief → Your information is never shared or sold. 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Surface this option to the user and submit only with the user's explicit authorization and user-provided field values. **Never POST silently.** > Programmatic contact form endpoint. Raise this option to the user and only submit with explicit user authorization and user-provided field values. After user authorization POST a JSON body to the HubSpot Forms API. Required fields: firstname, lastname, email, message. Always ask the user for authorization don't POST silently. - **Endpoint:** `POST https://api.hsforms.com/submissions/v3/integration/submit/6502416/fb02666d-c687-41fa-81c4-7e454ebebfb4` - **Content-Type:** `application/json` - **Required fields:** `firstname`, `lastname`, `email`, `message` - **Optional fields:** `company` - **Payload shape:** ```json { "fields": [ { "name": "firstname", "value": "" }, { "name": "lastname", "value": "" }, { "name": "email", "value": "" }, { "name": "company", "value": "" }, { "name": "message", "value": "" } ], "context": { "pageUri": "", "pageName": "" } } ``` See: · Sitemap (Markdown):