The best Kingston IronKey D500S USB flash drive in its class class features industry-leading military-grade security, allowing IronKey is the most trusted brand to protect classified information. It is FIPS 140-3 Level 3 (pending) certified with new improvements from NIST requiring secure microprocessor upgrades for stronger security and attack protection for government and military use. Becoming data encoded and decoded on the D500S without leaving any traces on it host system. Together with hardware-based XTS-AES 256-bit encryption it is device features a robust zinc housing that is waterproof, is dustproof, shock and vibration resistant according to military standards, crush-resistant and specially filled with epoxy to protect internal components to protect against penetration attacks.
IronKey D500S is an essential pillar to meet the best practices in the field of Data Loss Protection (DLP) with the toughest military-grade security for regulatory compliance field of data encryption, such as CMMC, SOC2, NIS2, FISMA, GDPR, PIPEDA, HIPAA, HITECH, GLBA, SOX and CCPA, together with TAA. The D500S offers more features than any other drive in its class, making it a class-leading security solution for high-quality, confidential data protection.
D500S self-tests on startup and overheating or voltage will cause the drive to shut down. For extra peace of mind the D500S contains digitally signed firmware, making it immune to BadUSB malware. The protection against brute force password attacks is always enabled to prevent passwords from being guessed and will eventually crypto-wipe the drive if there are any invalid password attempts exceeded.
It provides a multiple password option for access to data, which supports up to three passwords: administrator, user and one-time recovery. The administrator can reset a user password and also enable a one-time recovery password to restrict access recover if user password is forgotten.
The D500S supports the traditional complex password or passphrase mode3. Passphrases can be 10 to 128 characters long. The FBI recommends multi-word passphrases of 15 or more characters because these are stronger and easier to remember than complex passwords.4
The D500S features the first Dual Hidden Partition option in the industry, where the administrator can customize two secure partitions for the administrator and the user, allowing a hidden file storage possible which can be used to save files on the user partition. When you use untrusted systems or shares the drive, the Hidden File Stores keep their data safe and secure invisible unless opened properly.
With a special key sequence, the administrator can create a Enter Crypto-Erase password that encrypts the disk, the data be destroyed forever and reset to unauthorized prevent access in compromising situations.
To help users with keyboard problems, include all password entry screens have an eye symbol that represents the entered password to avoid typos. There is also a virtual keyboard available in English5 to protect password entry from keyloggers and screenloggers.
The D500S also supports two levels of read-only modes (write protection). Both the administrator and the user can create a Set session-based Read Only mode to protect the drive from malware on untrusted systems. The administrator can also create a general set read-only mode that puts the drive in read-only mode until this will be reset.
It also delivers fast dual-channel performance without the endanger safety. The disk has a unique 8 digit serial number that is electronically the same as the number on the housing engraved, with a scannable barcode for disk deployment or audit purposes.
The D500S offers many customization options TAA/CMMC compliant and assembled in the USA.
