Crystal Group Unveils Ruggedized and Tamper-Proof NVMe M.2 SSD Based on Seagate BarraCuda 515 SSD

Crystal Group, Inc. announced the release of a ruggedized and tamper-proof NVMe M.2 drive validated across their portfolio of rugged, high-performance compute solutions for tactical edge applications.

Ruggedized NVMe M.2 drives after passing environmental testing
for salt fog based on MIL-STD-810G1, Method 509.6 requirements

Using proprietary company’s ruggedization techniques on the tamper-evident Seagate Technology Holdings plc’ BarraCuda 515 SSD extends the drive’s capabilities to military platforms by meeting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity and environmental operating requirements.

“Marrying advanced data security features with comprehensive environmental standards streamlines two critical performance needs for tactical edge applications into one solution,” said Todd Prouty, senior business development manager. “Integrating these capabilities at both the drive level and hardware level provides maximum physical and data protections for long-life, seamless compute performance and accuracy in and across all domains.”

Primary safeguards for sensitive and classified data include: 

• FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified SSD 

• Common Criteria certification with full disk encryption solution 

• TPG Opal compliant self-encryption 

• TAA compliant 

• Block-level data destruction verification

In addition to meeting or exceeding common MIL-STD-810 environmental test standards, such as temperature, vibration, shock and humidity, the BarraCuda 515 SSDs profile is also salt fog compliant. Salt fog resilience is critical for applications like U.S. Navy deployments, which are exposed to highly corrosive environments. 

“Seagate Government Solutions is dedicated to supporting our long-term partnership with Crystal Group. We at SGS see this conformal-coated, secure M.2 device as answering a long-standing requirement in rugged applications for the Government,” said Mike Moritzkat, CEO and MD, Seagate Government Solutions. 

To address the variety of compute needs across different tactical edge platforms and applications, this rugged, tamper-evident NVMe M.2 drive can be used on any form factor from the company’s portfolio of rugged, performance compute solutions. The firm is a rugged solutions provider to offer this combination of environmental robustness and security protection at the SSD and hardware levels.