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Kingston's Secure USB flash drives are FIPS compliant, approved for use under the US government standard body NIST

FIPS Certification

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are U.S. government standards for information technology and computer security. The FIPS program is run by the National Institute of Standards (NIST). NIST FIPS 140 is the cryptography standard program required by the US federal government for protection of sensitive data. All products using cryptography in use by civilian and military US federal agencies must comply with FIPS 140. The latest FIPS version is 140-3.

Obtaining FIPS 140 validation requires a rigorous testing process by an accredited testing laboratory. The results are then reviewed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which issues a FIPS 140 validation certificate. Visit the website.

Current Product IronKey Vault Privacy 50 Series IronKey Vault Privacy 80 ES IronKey Keypad 200 Series IronKey D500S IronKey S1000
FIPS Validated*

FIPS 197

FIPS 197 FIPS 140-3 Level 3 (Pending)  FIPS 140-3 Level 3 (Pending) FIPS 140-2 Level 3
Approved Algorithms A2557 A2557 AES 3749 A3268 AES 1412
    AES 3757   AES 2559
    DRBG 1032    
    HMAC 2459   HMAC 1577
        HMAC 1579
        RNG 774
        RSA 688
        RSA 1311
    SHS 3127   SHS 1282
        SHS 2158
        TDES 965


* Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). For more information, visit http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsFIPS.html