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With flexibility on www.AmericanSecurityToday.com capacity, they are an ideal solution for applications throughout all levels of govern- ment. Such devices meet tough industry se- curity standards and offer the ul- timate security in data protec- tion to confidently manage threats and reduce risks. March 2019 - Edition 33 • Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) mandates • Director of Central Intelligence Direc- tive (CDID) 6/3 • DFARS and NIST – Covered Defense Information (CDI) Governmental agencies such as de- fense or intelligence and the civilian companies that contract with them, are under intense scrutiny and pres- sure to comply with a lengthening list of legislative requirements and pro- Hardware-based encrypted USB drives tocols designed to protect sensitive are self-contained and don’t require a data in transit and at rest. software element on the host computer. A few U.S. legislative require- ments include: • The Federal Information Secu- rity Management Act (FISMA) • OMB M06-16 Mandate 27