On February 8, 2016, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced it had acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation. As part of Imation, the IronKey portfolio includes products and intellectual property from the former IronKey, as well as technologies from Imation acquisitions of MXI Security and ENCRYPTX. In October 2012, IronKey rebranded itself as Marble Security, and the IronKey brand became wholly owned by Imation. Imation acquired IronKey in September 2011.
Their products have been used by the U.S. federal government, with a grant of US$1.4 million through the Homeland Security Research Projects Agency. IronKey's founding was partially funded by the U.S. IronKey is the brand name of a family of encrypted USB portable storage devices owned by Kingston Digital, the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc.įrom 2005 to 2012, IronKey was an Internet security and privacy company based in California. Typing your password incorrectly too many times initiates a patent-pending “flash-trash” self-destruct sequence, which is run in hardware rather than using software, ensuring the ultimate protection for your data.IronKey S250 8 GB encrypted USB flash drive The password try-counter is also implemented in hardware to prevent memory rewind attacks. The hashed password is validated in hardware (there is no “getPassword” function that can retrieve the hashed password), and only after the password is validated is the AES encryption key unlocked. It is stored in an extremely inaccessible location in the protected hardware.
Here are some basic details from vendor documentation:ĭevice Password Protection: The device password is hashed using salted SHA-256 before being transmitted to the IronKey Secure Flash Drive over a secure and unique USB channel. The encryption key is also stored in a tamper-resistant cryptochip module, which has a self-destruct function in case of physical attacks. These keys are tamper-resistant, because of the design of their metal cases. The original IronKey was FIPS-140-1 compliant and the current ones are FIPS-140-2 or FIPS-140-3 compliant. No, the pendrive (IronKey) in this story cannot be disassemble and here's why.
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