Overland-Tandberg: FIPS 140-2 Validation for RDX PowerEncrypt for RDX Removable Disk Systems

Overland-Tandberg has received the FIPS 140-2 validation for RDX PowerEncrypt hardware – based encryption technology for its RDX removable disk systems.

FIPS is a government security standard and ensures that IT products fulfill high standards in confidentiality, data integrity and security.

FIPS 140-2 validated encryption is available for free in all RDX SATA III drives and works with all RDX media available. FIPS sets the benchmark for encryption and related security requirements for IT products to be trustable for confidential use. To receive the FIPS 140-2 validation a product must prove compliance to security standards in design and implementation. The compliance is tested and formally validated by one of the laboratories accredited by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

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FIPS 140-2 compliance has been adopted as a practical security benchmark and realistic best practice. The standard ensures that a product uses security practices, such as approved high-level encryption algorithms and procedures with role-based authentication. Beyond that it must assure that physical abuse can be detected by using physical locks or tamper-resistant seals.

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“Regulations for governmental organizations and businesses increasingly demand that stored information has to be encrypted because it is vulnerable to theft, exchange or loss. The FIPS 140-2 validation for RDX SATA III has proven that encrypted data on RDX Media to be safe, efficient and is a solid means of protection“, said Hugo Bergmann, director, RDX product line, Overland-Tandberg.

QuikStor SATA III internal drive

With the introduction of RDX PowerEncrypt for QuikStor SATA III drives the company responded to these growing demands for audit-proof data protection and archiving in a variety of industries.

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PowerEncrypt uses hardware-based 256-bit AES XTS encryption that offers a advantages in comparison to software-based technologies. It is easier to handle, does not burden processor performance, and does not conflict with OSs, applications, and other software releases. The PowerEncrypt management via the RDX Manager supports up to eight users with different right and access profiles, offers automatic drive identification and analyses the level of password security during setup. Furthermore, it limits the password entries to one password per second. This implementation protects data on RDX from decryption or hacking with future supercomputing, quantum computer processing power.

Resources:
Blog: FIPS 140-2 validation for RDX PowerEncrypt
RDX PowerEncrypt WP

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25 Sep 2018 | Press Release