DataLocker World’s First to Achieve FIPS 140-3 Level 3 and TAA Compliance Across Both Portable Hard Drive and Flash Drive Categories

DataLocker, Inc., provider in encryption solutions, announced a significant industry milestone.

As of today, DataLocker is the only vendor worldwide to achieve FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validation across both portable hard drive and USB flash drive categories, while maintaining full Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliance for a fully trusted supply chain.

This achievement helps military, federal, and regulated enterprise customers who have previously been forced to choose between security certified to the older FIPS 140-2 standard and real-world usability. The validations were confirmed by the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program under Certificates #5091 and #5092.

Simply Secure Difference: Smartscreen Keypads vs. Blind PIN-pads
A key differentiator for the newly validated devices is the interfaces. Other PIN-pad USB drives force users to work ‘blind,’ relying on manual interpretations of colored blink codes and entering long strings without visual feedback.

DataLocker’s smartscreen technology replaces this guesswork with clarity:

Visual Verification: Users see characters briefly confirmed on-screen as they type, dramatically reducing typing errors and lockouts
True Alphanumeric Security: Unlike numeric keypads that use ‘phoneword’ markings as memory aids for digits, the company’s smartscreens support complex passwords containing actual letters, numbers, and special characters
Guided Workflows: On-screen prompts guide users through setup, unlocking, and password resets, allowing them to correct mistakes before committing a failed attempt
Streamlined Support: When IT support is required, both the administrator and the user can refer to clear on-screen messages rather than describing blinking light patterns, significantly shortening call times

Industry Benchmarks:

DL4 – FIPS 140-3 Level 3 Portable Hard Drive

The DL4 is the world’s only TAA-compliant, FIPS 140-3 Level 3 portable hard drive. Designed for high-assurance environments, it features:

Randomized Touchscreen Keypad: Smartscreen guidance for secure, intuitive unlock and setup
SilentKill: Emergency data destruction and hardened tamper-resistance for high-threat scenarios
Centralized Management: Full SafeConsole integration for remote policy enforcement, remote kill, and detailed audit trails
Scalable Capacities: Available in a range of capacities to support standardization across teams

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Sentry K350 – FIPS 140-3 Level 3 USB Flash Drive

The Sentry K350 stands as the only TAA-compliant, FIPS 140-3 Level 3 Encrypted USB flash drive featuring a status display. Key features include:

Smartscreen: Provides clear status updates and password entry confirmation
Rugged Design: IP68 and MIL-STD-810G-tested housing built to withstand drops, shocks, and environmental stress
Rapid Deployment: Compatible with DeviceDeployer tools, allowing secure configurations in seconds rather than minutes
Powerful Bootability: Works across industrial, medical, and IT equipment and serves as a bootable drive for firmware updates, log collection, ransomware recovery, and forensics

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“We believe complexity is the enemy of security. When users have to guess what a blinking light means, mistakes happen and data is put at risk,” said Jay Kim, CEO, DataLocker. “By achieving FIPS 140-3 Level 3 across both portable hard drive and flash drive categories with our smartscreen technology, we are proving that ‘Simply Secure’ isn’t just a tagline – it’s the new requirement for high-assurance storage. Customers and partners can now standardize on a single, TAA-compliant source for top-tier portable secure storage.”

Availability and Certifications:
The DL4 and Sentry K350 are available through major resellers and distributors worldwide. Both products are fully manageable via SafeConsole for remote policy enforcement and audit logging.

Certifications:
NIST Certificate #5092 (DL4FE)
NIST Certificate #5091 (Sentry K350)