The benefit is that you are compliant when the Government contract you are working on requires FIPS encrypted devices. You cannot be compliant with your Govern

The benefit is that you are compliant when the Government contract you are working on requires FIPS encrypted devices. You cannot be compliant with your Government contract unless you use the kind of encryption the contract specifies. You are paying for the certificate, not for the software. Its not easy to become FIPS certified, there are costs.