Kioxia CM7 Series NVMe SSD Obtains FIPS 140-3 Level 2 Validation

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, has announced the cryptographic module used in KIOXIA CM7 Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe Enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) has been validated to meet the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Level 2 for cryptographic modules.

The FIPS 140-3 standard specifies a set of security requirements of the Cryptographic Module Validation Program administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), used as a security metric for federal agencies to procure validated information technology equipment.

According to Kioxia in a statement, this latest standard surpasses the previous FIPS 140-2 requirements by offering stronger authentication methods and updated implementation guidelines.

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SSDs meeting FIPS 140-3 requirements are now more attractive to companies and federal agencies seeking to comply with stringent security regulations.

Kioxia brought PCIe 5.0 technology to server and storage applications with the KIOXIA CM7 Series NVMe SSD.

Targeted at enterprise applications and use cases, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, online transaction processing database, and data warehousing, KIOXIA CM7 Series drives bring enterprise performance, reliability and security to data centre servers and storage.

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These SSDs are available in both 2.5-inch and E3.S form factors, with capacities ranging from 1.6 terabytes (TB) to 30.72 TB, and offer various security features such as sanitise instant erase (SIE), TCG Opal self-encrypting drive (SED), and SED utilising FIPS 140-3 Level 2 module.

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