[docs] Document FIPS testing for contributors
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Description
### Summary
Document FIPS unit test and `fips140=only` checks in the Beats [dev guide](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/main/docs/extend/testing.md).
Contributor guide
Research direction
Open docs/extend/testing.md, the Beats development guide named in the issue. First review the existing unit-test guidance and identify where FIPS testing belongs; done means the guide documents FIPS unit tests and the fips140=only checks for contributors.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, security, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 78/100