September 29, 2011
New Ultra Secure Flash Drive from Kingston Digital
With the growing popularity of flash drives in Government organizations and financial institutions, it is no surprise that security is becoming a growing concern. It only makes sense that our country's military and government should not have to rely on the same USB drives that are used by the general public. To address this problem, Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today announced the DataTraveler 6000 USB Flash drive, which boasts Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Level 3 Validation and 100 percent encryption.
While other companies have been concentrating on security for their cloud-based services, Kingston has kept its focus on hardware security. The Kingston DT6000 uses patented technology which supports 256 bit AES encryption using XTS block cipher mode. XTS is the newest generation of block cipher modes, outperforming other modes such as CBC and ECB. The DataTravler 6000 uses elliptic curve cryptography, which is a military grade algorithm that is recommended by the National Security Agency.
Recent studies by the Ponemon Institute point out that nearly half of the organizations they surveyed have lost sensitive and confidential data stored on USB drives. On average, over 12,000 customer records were lost per organization surveyed. Though these companies often spend millions of dollars a year preventing hackers and other security threats, their own employees were potentially responsible for the greatest data breaches. Encrypted Flash drives are a simple solution to this problem, as lost drives are encrypted and cannot be accessed without the proper credentials.
Evaluation samples are available already, while full production of the DT 6000 is expected to begin in time for the holiday season.
While other companies have been concentrating on security for their cloud-based services, Kingston has kept its focus on hardware security. The Kingston DT6000 uses patented technology which supports 256 bit AES encryption using XTS block cipher mode. XTS is the newest generation of block cipher modes, outperforming other modes such as CBC and ECB. The DataTravler 6000 uses elliptic curve cryptography, which is a military grade algorithm that is recommended by the National Security Agency.
Recent studies by the Ponemon Institute point out that nearly half of the organizations they surveyed have lost sensitive and confidential data stored on USB drives. On average, over 12,000 customer records were lost per organization surveyed. Though these companies often spend millions of dollars a year preventing hackers and other security threats, their own employees were potentially responsible for the greatest data breaches. Encrypted Flash drives are a simple solution to this problem, as lost drives are encrypted and cannot be accessed without the proper credentials.
Evaluation samples are available already, while full production of the DT 6000 is expected to begin in time for the holiday season.
