Kanguru Micro Drive AES Receives U.S. Government Approval

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 03:00 PM EDT

KANGURU MICRO DRIVE AES RECEIVES U.S. GOVERNMENT APPROVAL

ACHIEVES FIPS 140-2 CERTIFICATION FOR SECURING SENSITIVE DATA

Millis, Mass. - June 2006 - Kanguru Solutions today announced their KanguruMicro Drive AES has
completed Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) Certification testing. FIPS 140-2, a rigorous federal security accreditation program completed by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, sets the standard for encryption algorithms intended for use in protecting sensitive information.

"FIPS 140-2 Certification is essentially the U.S. and Canadian Governments' seal of approval for a
security product," said Nate Cote, Vice President of Product Management at Kanguru Solutions. "By obtaining FIPS Certification we've proven that the KanguruMicro Drive AES is secure enough for storing sensitive data, a key issue facing our security focused customers in the government, military, financial and healthcare markets." READ MORE...

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com