Fujitsu release JIS security-accreditted hard drive

Posted by Ken Y-N on November 24th, 2008 at 04:46pm

Fujitsu’s line of MHZ2 CJ 2.5 inch hard disk drives (HDDs), featuring Trusted Computing Group-specified automatic hardware encryption, have met the JIS X 19790 Security Accreditation, the data security level required by all Japanese public agencies when purchasing hardware.

In getting this accreditation they passed the Japan Cryptographic Module Validation Program (JCMVP), which according to the press release:

JCMVP accreditation is granted to products equipped with the appropriate cryptographic algorithms and acting as cryptographic modules to ensure the security of important information such as the encryption key.

Congratulation on the accreditation!

See the full press release at Japan Corp

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