Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[Countryboy]

Seagate and FIPS 140-2.

So this is the FDE approval Seagate has been waiting for?

Q. Is the Momentus drive going to be FIPS 140-2 compliant?

A. We do not have FIPS 140-2. (FIPS 140-3 is currently in draft review: http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-3.htm) compliaince. Development and product cycles are too short for disk drives to acquire FIPS certification; the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2 drive is already on its second generation (the .2 designation). We are working with the federal government on FDE and expect the result of this will be NSA approval of FDE security. Seagate announced our FIPS 197 AES validation certification on July 30, 2007.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=dn_sec_ask_expert_landing&vgnextoid=860d4eab3f6b3110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD#momentus