Kanguru Achieves Level 3 FIPS 140-2 Certification

The secure and remotely manageable USB flash drive from Kanguru Solutions, a division of Interactive Media Corporation, has upgraded its FIPS 140-2 Certification from Level 2 to Level 3, demonstrating that it meets and surpasses the sensitive data security regulations of the demanding and security conscious organizations.

By achieving this certification, the Kanguru Defender 2000 developed proves that it can protect against unauthorized access or intrusion of its sensitive data contained within, preventing a breach of financial, personal, or healthcare information.

With recent headlines revealing some of the sobering dangers of using insecure, unmanaged methods of storing data, numerous organizations have been at the mercy of punishing lawsuits, expensive court battles, and backlash resulting from the destructive exposure of sensitive information. The Defender 2000 hardware encrypted flash drive is developed to counter these types of dangers, and secure and protect sensitive information in an enterprise or government setting at the highest level of data protection. It is ruggedized and waterproof to handle the elements in any type of environment, and carries a price point that won’t drain an organization’s budget.

FIPS 140-2 is a joint Certification program between NIST (National Institute of Standards) in the United States, and CSE (Communications Security Establishment) in Canada. It provides government guidelines regarding the security evaluation for cryptographic modules. Kanguru demonstrates that by meeting the level 3 threshold of FIPS 140-2, the Defender 2000 has strong, tamper evident protections in place to prevent attacks that attempt to gain unauthorized access to the sensitive data.

Along with FIPS Level 3 Certification, the Defender 2000 provides AES 256-bit hardware encryption, real-time anti-virus, optional local or cloud based remote management capabilities, storage space, and solid waterproof tactile finish that feels like a small bar of gold in the hand.

"It’s solid and heavy enough that you could easily pull a David to an attacker’s Goliath as a self-defense tactic," states Jon Jacobi, contributing journalist, PC World.

The optional Kanguru Remote management Console (KRMC) enables an administrator or business owner to monitor, track, manage, update, delete or wipe any assigned Defender flash drive or HDD from anywhere in the world through encrypted internet communications, providing a system for which to maintain and preserve the organization’s confidential and proprietary data. The defensive benefits of being able to remotely track, configure, update, manage passwords, delete lost or stolen units, and set compliance and security policies for an entire fleet of drives is unsurpassed, and can be administered instantly from anywhere. KRMC tools are available in self-hosted or cloud versions.

"We are making it so easy for organizations to keep sensitive and important data safe," says Kanguru’s CEO, Don Brown, "That they can easily comply with even the toughest data security laws and regulations."

The Defender 2000 addresses all data security concerns, works with native Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, supports secure, remote software updates and is available in capacities of up to 128GB. Now with its FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certification, the flash drive makes a defense against data security breach or identity theft.