KIOXIA NVME SSD CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE ACHIEVES FIPS 140-3 LEVEL 2 VALIDATION

TOKYO, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced that the cryptographic module used in KIOXIA CM7 Series PCIe^® 5.0 NVMe™ Enterprise SSDs has been validated to meet 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 IT equipment. Companies and federal agencies may prefer or may now be required to deploy newer, more stringent government standards – which SSDs validated to FIPS 140-3 requirements would meet. Compared to the previous FIPS 140-2 requirements, 140-3 provides higher standards for SSDs, including a stronger authentication method and updated implementation guidance.