Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it has received three Platinum awards in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program. Kingston® IronKey™ Vault Privacy 80ES (VP80ES), the company’s first and innovative OS-independent hardware-encrypted external SSD with touchscreen for data protection, won the award for Best Encryption Solution, Best Data Storage Security Solution, and Best Secure Data Storage for U.S. Military and Government.
The annual “ASTORS” awards from American Security Today are the most important homeland security awards program in the United States and, in its seventh year, continues to recognize outstanding solutions from governments and vendors that offer greater value, benefits, and intelligence to end users in various government, homeland security, business, and public safety vertical markets.
“ASTORS nominations are evaluated based on their technical innovation, interoperability, specific impact within the category, overall impact on the sector, relation to other industry technologies, and applicability outside the sector,” said Tammy Waitt, Editorial Director of AST.
“We are very proud that once again, our IronKey USB has received an award from this respected organization,” said Rich Kanadjian, business manager for encrypted products at Kingston. “As work environments continue to change, the need to protect personal and company confidential data against breaches, theft, and loss continues to grow. We are proud of this recognition for our IronKey product line, which offers the best-in-class secure storage solutions.”
Using IronKey VP80ES is as intuitive as unlocking a smartphone and performing simple drag-and-drop file transfers. With FIPS 197 certification and 256-bit XTS-AES encryption, VP80ES is designed to protect data while being easy to use. The drive is ideal for protection against brute force and BadUSB attacks with digitally signed firmware, while its military-grade security measures make it far superior to using the Internet and cloud services for protecting important company information. VP80ES offers additional features, such as multiple password options (admin/user), allowing the admin to choose between PIN or passphrase modes, set configurable password rules, or enable enhanced security options like maximum shared password attempts, minimum password length, alphanumeric password rules, auto-timeout, random touchscreen layout, and Secure-Erase to ensure maximum protection of important files.
When it comes to security, don’t let your data be an easy target. The award-winning IronKey VP80ES is available in 480 GB, 960 GB, and 1920 GB capacities and is backed by a three-year limited warranty, free technical support, and Kingston’s legendary reliability. For more information, visit http://www.kingston.com/ironkey.
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About American Security Today
American Security Today (AST), the “New Face in Homeland Security,” is the leading digital media platform in the U.S. Homeland Security and Public Security industry, focused on breaking news and in-depth coverage of the latest initiatives and most popular technologies in today’s physical and IT security market.
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About Kingston Digital, Inc.
From big data to laptops and PCs, IoT-based devices like smart technology and wearables, to contract design and manufacturing, Kingston helps deliver the solutions used to live, work, and play. The world’s largest PC manufacturers and cloud hosting companies rely on Kingston for their manufacturing needs, and our passion fuels the technology the world uses every day. We strive beyond our products to see the big picture, meet our customers
