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With
flexibility on
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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.
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• 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
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