Advantech, a leading provider of industrial flash solutions, released the TCG-OPAL-compliant SQFlash 840F and 920F series, offering data security via hardware-based AES encryption. These advanced security features conform to FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 from U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) (listed in Cryptographic Module Validation Program). Advantech's SATA / PCIe SSDs delivers superior performance, better durability, and higher-capacities to applications that handle sensitive data or require increased security.
At present, agencies in the U.S. and Canada require storage devices that meet security certifications to prevent data theft. To this end, FIPS 140-2 certification requirements for storage products used in the government/public sector will be enforced in 3 years. FIPS self-encryption drive (SED) certified storage products meet US federal government secure storage requirements and comply with specified encryption algorithms, ensuring that SSD internal data handling procedures adhere to NIST standards. Certified solutions deliver safe data storage to diverse security-sensitive applications in infrastructure, healthcare, defense, and finance.
To fulfill the needs of various applictions, SQF 840F/920F series SSD products provide TCG-OPAL compliant AES-256 crypto-engines for advanced self-encryption. This encryption supports read and write protection control and market-leading in-the-drive multi-user and multi-secure zone authentication mechanisms. These features can be managed using DeviceOn/SQ Manager's security package available on Linux or integrated into BIOS.
In addition, firmware is assigned a digital signature on firmware code to further prevent unauthorized changes the SSD's root. These devices achieve further stability via a power-on self-test of all cryptographic related hardware engines. Likewise, the product comes with physical tamper-proof protection to prevent data theft from outside intrusion. In sum, NIST certified SQF 840F/920F is compliant with FIPS 140-2 Level 2 specifications, yielding a complete and effective security mechanism.