Data Encryption Solutions from Curtiss-Wright
Data at rest encryption protects sensitive and classified data from falling into the wrong hands and endangering missions and personnel. This form of ciphering is especially critical for military missions that cross through hostile territory, where an aircraft or ground vehicle could be disabled and captured. Through this technique, data is encrypted before it is stored to disk and becomes "at rest." Data at rest encryption prevents unauthorized use or theft of data by parties who lack the proper encryption key to read the data.
Curtiss-Wright provides two levels of data-at-rest encryption. For sensitive but unclassified data, we provide commercial AES256 bit encryption that has been validated to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 (#1885).
To support applications that require encryption for secret and top secret data, Curtiss-Wright has partnered with General Dynamics to provide NSA Type 1 encryptors. Encryptors of secret and top secret levels of data must be analyzed and certified by the NSA to ensure they conform to criteria adopted and regulated by the NSA. The third-party NSA Type 1 encryption vendors that Curtiss-Wright works with have earned NSA certification for secret and top secret data.
Curtiss-Wright has developed network attached data storage systems that meet the NSA requirements when teamed with the services of the third-party encryptor.
If you have an application that requires encryption standards of the Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG) of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense, contact Curtiss-Wright to discuss possible solutions.
Curtiss-Wright's Secure Rugged Storage products offer customers flexibility of key management. Customers can utilize internally generated keys or can pass keys to the Curtiss-Wright storage devices.
For further information about data-at-rest encryption services, contact us.