iStorage Limited is a trusted global leader in the development and supply of award-winning, PIN-authenticated, hardware-encrypted portable data storage and cloud encryption solutions. Our mission is to safeguard sensitive data to the highest standards through innovative technology, ensuring compliance with the world’s most rigorous data protection regulations and directives, including GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, NRC, GLB, BDSG, DORA, and DHS Initiatives.
Founded in 2009 in London, England by John Michael, a serial entrepreneur with over 38 years of experience in the IT industry. iStorage has rapidly gained recognition as a pioneering force in ultra-secure, user-friendly, and affordable data storage solutions.
Our products include a wide range of encrypted USB flash drives, hard disk drives, and solid-state drives, with capacities up to 24TB and growing. All devices are designed and developed in the UK, reflecting our commitment to quality and innovation. We take pride in understanding our customers’ evolving needs and continuously incorporate user-driven features into our designs. Our experienced and passionate team plays a crucial role in delivering market-leading solutions that empower users to protect their data with confidence.
Today, iStorage serves a global customer base that spans government agencies, military organisations, multinational corporations, and individual users across more than 50 countries. Our guiding belief is simple: encryption is no longer optional — it is essential.
iStorage’s growth has been both consistent and strategic, marked by significant milestones, industry recognition, and expanding global reach. We have earned multiple government certifications, secured numerous patents, won countless prestigious awards and forged strong partnerships with distributors in over 50 countries.
In response to market demand, we have evolved from a hardware-only business into a provider of integrated hardware and SaaS solutions. This includes offerings like the cloudAshur KeyWriter and Remote Management Console, enabling IT departments to centrally manage and control certain iStorage devices deployed across their organisations.
2024 marked a pivotal year for iStorage, with the acquisition of Kanguru Solutions, a U.S.-based leader in high-security data storage, duplication systems, and remote management software. This acquisition significantly enhanced our product portfolio and capabilities, allowing us to offer a broader range of government-certified, user-friendly secure storage solutions to a global market.
Subsequently, iStorage Holdings joined CAST, a group founded by Systematic Growth, a Swedish investment firm focused on building niche industry leaders in data protection, storage, servers, and secure communications. This strategic alignment has further strengthened our ability to serve global markets and accelerate innovation, cementing our position as a global powerhouse in secure data storage and management.
Our datAshur PRO+C became the world’s first and only flash drive to receive the FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certification
Our diskAshur M2 won the “Hardware Encrypted Best Product Award” at the Global Infosec Awards run by Cyber Defence Magazine
Our cloudAshur was awarded the Cloud Security Award at the InfoSec Awards run by Cyber Defence Magazine
Our diskAshur PRO² was awarded the Best Encryption Product at the InfoSec Awards run by Cyber Defence Magazine
Our CEO John Michael was selected as ‘One to watch’ in the LDC 2019 top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders Programme
Our cloudAshur was awarded the Security Innovation of the Year Award at the UK IT Industry Awards
Our diskAshur PRO² was awarded the New Product of the Year Award in the Tools and Hardware Category at the Security Today Magazine Awards
Featured on London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 companies to inspire Britain
Featured on FT Future 100 UK – a list of fast growing businesses that are shaping the future of their sector and making a positive impact on business and society – iStorage won the award for promoting Diversity in Management
Our CEO John Michael was awarded a BAME award and was featured in the list of top 100 most influential BAME leaders in Tech
Awarded Highly Commended at the UK IT Industry Awards
Our diskAshur PRO² was awarded Security Product of the Year at the PC PRO Magazine Awards
Featured in FT 1000 Europe’s fastest growing companies
Our datAshur PRO flash drive was awarded the Human Factor Award at the Computing Security Awards
Our datAshur PRO flash drive was awarded the SME Solution Award at the Computing Security Excellence Awards
Featured in The Sundays Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 List of Britain’s fastest growing tech companies
Our datAshur PRO flash drive was selected as a finalist at the UK IT Industry Awards
Our datAshur flash drive was awarded the Security Innovation of the Year Award at the UK IT Industry Awards
iStorage holds the distinction of being first and only vendor of the world’s sole flash drive that has received the FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certification, the datAshur PRO+C.
You can find our FIPS 140-3 Level 3 Certificate #4918 here
iStorage is also the first and only vendor to attain the following government certifications on the diskAshur PRO2 and diskAshur DT2 range of PIN authenticated, hardware encrypted, HDDs and SSDs: FIPS 140-2 Level 2/3, NCSC CPA, NLNCSA BSPA and NATO Restricted level.
In addition to the above certifications, iStorage’s most secure and highest capacity encrypted USB flash drive, the datAshur PRO² has been certified to: FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and the iStorage datAshur PRO has also been certified to: FIPS 140-2 Level 3, NLNCSA DEP-V and NATO Restricted level.
The diskAshur PRO3 and diskAshur DT3 are amongst the first encrypted HDDs/SSDs pending the new FIPS 140-3 Level 3 scheme. They also provide the ultimate data protection, having recently passed the CAVP (Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program) testing as part of the FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validation scheme that the products are currently being evaluated against. The issued CAVP certificates are listed below:
Please click here to see the full list of iStorage government certified products.