Silicon Data Vault® (SDV®)
Secure Systems Limited - FIPS 140 #477
The Silicon Data Vault® (SDV®) is a cryptographic hardware security device which asserts absolute control over the hard disk drive (HDD) at the earliest stage of boot up, ensuring the user is authenticated before any data can be accessed. The SDV® is operating system independent, works with any standard ATA HDD, and resides in the IDE channel, blocking and controlling all access to the HDD.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 477
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Secure Systems Limited
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Embedded
- Lab
- COACT INC CAFE LAB
- First validated
- November 4, 2004
- Versions
- SDV201B Rev B and SDV18A Rev A; SDV2_Ver_1.3.4, Embedded_AA_1.07
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- AES
- SHS
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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