Last week Sun received FIPS 140-2 Certification for two of their Enterprise Tape Drives. The T10000A is certified at Security Level 1 while the T100000B is certified at Security Level 2. While IBM has also received FIPS 140-2 certification for their TS1120 and LTO4 drives, both drives are at Security Level 1 and IBM, at the time of this posting, has not submitted the TS1130 for certification.
Sun has achieved an industry-first with the Security Level 2 classification of T10000B showing that all aspects of the drive functionality and physical security meet the higher requirements implicit in the Security Level 2 classification. If you wish to read about the 11 criteria for the different levels that need to be met to receive FIPS 140-2 certification view table 1 on page 12 of the “Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules” document.
The third Sun Enterprise Drive, the T9840D, has completed its testing and the results have been submitted to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) for validation and issuance of the FIPS 140-2 Certificate.
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