Fountain Valley, CA—Kingston Digital, the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, introduced the Kingston IronKey Keypad 200C (KP200C). It is a hardware-encrypted USB Type-C flash drive that offers both security and convenience.
“Data protection needs are growing as breaches due to cloud penetrations or storage drive losses become more common. Sensitive data requires the strongest military-grade protection available on hardware-encrypted drives that can be physically secured off the Internet while protecting the data in-transit and at-rest,” said Richard Kanadjian, IronKey global business manager, Kingston.
“With the addition of KP200C, our second USB Type-C drive to the IronKey lineup joining the Vault Privacy 50C, we now offer even more flexibility across various platforms and operating systems, empowering users to access data effortlessly regardless of device or system.”
Kingston IronKey Keypad 200 Specs
The KP200C offers FIPS 140-3 Level 3 (pending) certified military-grade security in an OS-independent alphanumeric keypad for PIN access. It incorporates XTS-AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption with Brute Force password attack protection. It also offers BadUSB protection with digitally signed firmware to safeguard data. With the Multi-PIN option (admin/user), users can set up an easy-to-remember alphanumeric PIN for the admin or user accounts. Moreover, admins can restore a user PIN to provide access to the drive if the user PIN is forgotten.
The drive is also OS- and device-independent. With the KP200 utilizing a rechargeable battery, the keypad can be used to unlock the drive without any software. Then plug it into any system that supports a USB Type-C mass storage device. This gives users flexibility across different platform types and operating systems.
It also features global and session read-only (write protect) modes. Both the admin and user can set a session-based read-only mode to protect the drive from malware on untrusted systems. The admin can also set a global read-only mode that sets the drive in read-only mode until reset.
With a USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface, the drive is offered in various capacities: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB as well as 256GB. When using a USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface, they achieve the following speeds: 8GB–32GB, 145MB/s read and 115MB/s write; 64GB–256GB, 280MB/s read and 200MB/s write.
The compact drive is also waterproof/dustproof certified to an IP57 rating. Moreover, Kingston IronKey Keypad 200 drives incorporate DataLock Secured technology licensed from ClevX, LLC and come with a three-year warranty and free technical support.
