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IronKey S250/D250

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1902 · Kingston Technology Company, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: Files distributed with the module mounted within the internal CD Drive are excluded from validation

Certificate

Certificate number1902
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorKingston Technology Company, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns D2-S250-S01, D2-S250-S02, D2-S250-S04, D2-S250-S08, D2-S250-S16, D2-S250-S32, IKS250 Series [1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB], D2-D250-B01, D2-D250-B02, D2-D250-B04, D2-D250-B08, D2-D250-B16, D2-D250-B32, D2-D250-B64 and IKD250 Series [1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB]
Firmware versions4.5.0

Module description

The IronKey S250/D250 Secure Flash Drives include a high-speed hardware-based 256 Bit AES cryptography engine for encrypting and decrypting NAND flash and RAM buffers via USB. It also includes RSA, HMAC, SHA, and DRBG algorithms.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1412, 1874
DRBG152
HMAC1118, 1119
PBKDF2vendor affirmed
RNG774
RSA688, 954, 955
SHS1282, 1647
Triple-DES965

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2013-02-21InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-03-08UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-05-31UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2013-02-21, 2016-03-08, 2016-05-31

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