USB flash drive targets bank, military, government apps

Kingston Digital, Inc. has announced the DataTraveler® 6000 (DT6000) USB Flash drive, which protects sensitive data with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 Validation and 100-percent encryption. For financial service organizations and government agencies that need the strongest data protection in mobile storage devices, the DT6000 meets data-at-rest regulations. Kingston claims that it the most secure USB Flash drive available on the market.

The Kingston® DT6000 uses patented Secured by Spyrus™ technology which supports 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption using XTS block cipher mode. XTS is current generation technology that provides much stronger protection than other block cipher modes such as CBC and ECB. The DT6000 uses ‘military-grade’ elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), which is recommended by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) as part of its Suite B set of cryptographic algorithms.

Some specs:

• Dimensions: 3.06" x 0.9" x 0.47" (77.9mm x 22mm x 12.05mm)
• Speed: up to 11MB/s read, 5MB/s write
• Capacities: 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB
• Compatibility: designed to USB 2.0 specifications
• Operating Temperature: 32ºF to 140ºF (0ºC to 60ºC)
• Storage Temperature: -4ºF to 185ºF (-20ºC to 85ºC)

Price and Availability
Evaluation samples are available now. Pricing: DataTraveler 6000 2GB Secure USB
$ 100.00;DataTraveler 6000 4GB Secure USB $ 116.00; DataTraveler 6000 8GB Secure USB
$ 147.00; DataTraveler 6000 16GB Secure USB $ 208.00.

More Information
Product Web Page
Kingston's FIPS 140-2 Validation Certificate No. 1438