SANDISK ENHANCES CRUZER ENTERPRISE SECURE USB DRIVES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Tailor-Made
Products Meet Certain Military Specs and Feature Improved
Accessibility for the Visually Impaired and Durable, Waterproof
Design
Milpitas, Calif., August 18, 2009 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:
SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced
that its SanDisk® Cruzer® Enterprise
secure USB flash drives are now enhanced to meet the unique
requirements of government employees. The Cruzer Enterprise design
was independently tested and certified under Military Standard
810-F environmental standards in addition to being suitable for use
by the visually-impaired under Section 508 requirements. Cruzer
Enterprise drives feature industry-leading cryptographic modules
and encryption algorithms, durable waterproof design, and are fully
compliant with Trade Agreements Act (TAA) requirements for purposes
of U.S. Government procurements. In addition, the Cruzer Enterprise
line of flash drives is listed for
Common Criteria certification, which it is expected to receive
next month.
Military Standard 810-F
Design and Waterproof:
The federal government requires that IT devices meet certain design
standards in order to prevent the loss of critical information if
the host drive is ever exposed to liquid. This feature is
particularly important for military and health care settings, which
often involve sensitive information as well as an increased risk of
exposure for the storage drive. SanDisk's line of
Cruzer Enterprise flash drives passed an environmental test
conducted by an independent laboratory, and was certified as
meeting Military Standard 810-F 506.4 and 512.4 when submitted to
immersion and rainy conditions using fresh water.
Section 508
Compliance:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires federal
agencies to make their electronic and information technology
accessible to people with disabilities. The law was enacted to
eliminate barriers in information technology, to provide new
opportunities for people with disabilities as well as to encourage
the development of technologies that will help achieve these
goals.
SanDisk reconfigured the Cruzer
Enterprise's graphical user interface (GUI) to increase
accessibility for visually-impaired users. The encrypted USB drives
are now compatible with certain assistive technologies such as
screen reader software that recreates the Cruzer Enterprise's GUI
through text-to-speech representation or via a Braille output
device.
"SanDisk has upgraded the Cruzer
Enterprise product line to meet the needs of a much broader range
of users," said Yariv Fishman, director of product marketing,
enterprise solutions, SanDisk. "By reconfiguring the USB drive's
GUI, we increased the accessibility of important information
technology to the visually-impaired. Additionally, the drive's
waterproof design is a perfect fit for health care professionals,
soldiers and anyone else who needs to safeguard their critical data
from harmful contact with liquid."
To further meet the federal
government's need for secure storage, SanDisk intends to implement
Common Access Card (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV)
functionality on its Cruzer Enterprise flash drives in accordance
with Department of Defense and FIPS 201 standards. Smart cards are
issued as a standard form of identification for active-duty
military personnel, National Guard members, government employees
and contractors.
SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise secure
USB drives feature FIPS (Federal Information Processing
Standard) 140-2 Level 2 certification for encryption, a standard
set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
FIPS certification confirms that a drive has met NIST standards for
design of the cryptographic module, for the strength of encryption
algorithms and resistance to physical intrusion. Cruzer Enterprise
drives are also listed for Common Criteria certification, an
internationally recognized ISO standard (ISO/IEC 15408) used by
governments and other organizations to assess the security and
assurance of technology products. Common Criteria is an important
worldwide evaluation standard for security products as its
certifications are recognized in 26 countries around the world.
SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise can be
centrally managed by SanDisk's
Central Management and Control software (CMC), which has been
used by government agencies, healthcare organizations and
enterprises for years. The CMC device agent resides on a
company-issued Cruzer Enterprise drive, giving corporate IT
departments and government agencies greater control and flexibility
over the lifecycle management of the device - including deployment
throughout the organization, password recovery and renewal through
the network, central back-up and restore of data, central usage
tracking with detailed audit reports, and remote termination of
lost drives.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards,
from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer
branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio
includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and
camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for
consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices;
and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon
Valley-based S&P 500 company with more than half its sales
outside of the United States.
* Based on internal testing,
complies with MIL-STD 506.4 (Blowing rain) and 512.4 (Immersion).
This equates to compliance with IEC 60529 IPX7. IEC 60529 is a
European system of test specification standards for classifying the
degrees of protection provided by the enclosures of electrical
equipment. An IPX7 designation mean a product can withstand
accidental immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. An
IPX8 designation is for continuous underwater use. Product must be
clean and dry before use.
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This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product
introductions, applications, features, markets, and customers that
are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks
and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements
to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking
statements to be inaccurate include among others: our products may
not perform as expected, we may not successfully implement the CAC
and PIV functionality on our products, no security technology can
be guaranteed to be 100% secure, market demand for our products may
grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower
adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are
targeting, these products may not be available when expected, and
the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and
Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited
to, our most recent Annual Report filed on Form 10-K and our
subsequent Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q. We do not intend
to update the information contained in this press release.