{"id":99822,"date":"2025-07-15T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=99822"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:01:11","slug":"kingston-ironkey-d500s-usb-drive-gains-fips-140-3-level-3-validation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/kingston-ironkey-d500s-usb-drive-gains-fips-140-3-level-3-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston IronKey D500S USB Drive Gains FIPS 140-3 Level 3 Validation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingston.com\/en\/company\/about-us\">Kingston Digital Europe Co<\/a> LLP, a flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, announced that its IronKey\u2122 D500S hardware encrypted USB flash drive has received NIST FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validation. The drive is designed and assembled in California and is the first FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validated drive with a TAA-compliant, trusted supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The D500S features XTS-AES 256-bit encryption and meets the latest NIST security standard. Kingston revealed that all critical components, including the secure <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?s=microprocessor\">microprocessor<\/a>, digitally signed firmware, NAND flash chips, and rugged zinc casing, comply with TAA and CMMC requirements. The company also reported that the drive offers anti-tampering protection and asset tracking with matching serial numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Kingston highlighted the D500S\u2019s dual-partition option, allowing separate Admin and User secure areas with multi-password protection. The drive includes features like Global Read-Only mode and Crypto-Erase to secure data in sensitive situations. It also meets military-grade shock and IP67 dust and water resistance standards. The D500S is available in capacities up to 512GB and comes with a five-year warranty and free technical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kingston\u2019s IronKey D500S is the world\u2019s first FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validated USB drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The drive is TAA and CMMC compliant with a trusted supply chain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features include dual partitions, rugged casing, and advanced security controls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingston Digital Europe Co LLP, a flash memory affiliate of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":99825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1582],"tags":[1051],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-99822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-watch","tag-vendors","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kingston-11.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lubna","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/lubna\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99823,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99822\/revisions\/99823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99822"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=99822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}