Curtiss-Wright Achieves Re-Certification of Data-at-Rest Encryption Layers for DTS1 Storage Solution

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division announced that its DTS1, an embedded icommercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DAR storage solution designed to support 2 layers of full disk encryption (FDE) in a single device, has successfully achieved the required bi-annual re-certification by NIAP in the US and by CCRA internationally.

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The re-certification enables the DTS1 to remain on the NIAP Product Compliant list, the CCRA Certified Products list, and the National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Components list.

The rugged small form-factor DTS1 is designed to store and protect large amounts of sensitive data on helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), and Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft that require the protection of sensitive DAR. It is for use applications that require the storage, removal, and transport of critical data such as cockpit data (mission, map, maintenance), ISR (camera, I&Q, sensors), mobile applications (ground radar, ground mobile, airborne ISR pods), heavy industrial (steel, refinery), and video/audio data collection (flight test instrumentation).

“We are proud to announce that our DTS1 Data Transport System NAS solution has achieved its second successful NIAP Common Criteria certification and NSA CSfC approval,” said Chris Wiltsey, SVP and GM. “This rugged storage device greatly eases and accelerates the ability of system integrators to provide top secret encryption of critical data on a variety of platforms, using the NSA-approved cost-effective 2-layer alternative to Type 1 encryption.“

With the CSfC component approvals, system integrators can propose the DTS1 as a CSfC DAR solution by itself. Selecting a pre-approved device from the CSfC Components List allows system architects to reduce the time and cost needed to design a COTS encryption solution, because system development can commence immediately with reduced program and technical risk. In the US, NIAP validates COTS information technology products to ensure they conform to the international Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS), which is recognized around the world by 17 Certificate Producing countries and by 14 Certificate Consuming countries.