pureSilicon intros ruggedized SSD with FIPS-approved encryption technology
pureSilicon today announced the industry’s first SSD integrate with hardware-based encryption approved by the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). The Renegade SSD is also compliant with MIL-STD-810F, a military standard that requires the SSD to sustain reliable operation during a series of rigorous tests that validate its ability to endure the extreme environments typically seen in industrial and military applications. According to the firm, the SSD addresses the demands of the most challenging environments where heat, vibration, and humidity preclude the use of traditional hard disk drives or regular, ‘consumer-grade’ SSDs.
So how is security goals achieved? A dedicated on-board cryptographic processor provides hardware-driven 256-bit AES encryption that delivers instantaneous encryption and decryption of data without degrading performance.
To protect the SSD from harsh physical environments, the Renegade features a hard-anodized unibody enclosure, carved from a single piece of aluminum. Other features include high capacity (densities up to 128 GB), extreme temperature range components, high shock and vibration tolerances, ability to add conformal coating protection, and enhanced security features.
pureSilicon has begun sampling the units on a limited basis to select customers, with shipments expected to commence in the first quarter of 2009.
