Earlier this week, Kingston announced a new trio of secure, encrypted USB keys. Now, we are seeing more hardware-encryption security keys hitting the market, with the latest being the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC USB drive from Apricorn. The main selling point for this one is on-the-fly 100% hardware-based encryption.<\/p>\n
One of the main features of Apricorns new pen drive is that its the first encrypted USB flash key with a C connector. The USB drive is software-free, meaning that the256-bit AES XTS encryption is 100% hardware-based. TheAegis Secure Key 3NXC also comes with an onboard keypad where a pin can be entered for authentication.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The USB drive is also described as OS agnostic, which signifies that it works with Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Chrome, embedded systems, and equipment possessing a powered USB port and storage file system.<\/p>\n
The drive has the dimensions81mm x 18.4mm x 9.5mm and weighs 22g. TheAegis Secure Key 3NXC from Apricorn is able to deliver speeds up to 5 Gbps and comes in the following sizes; 4GB ($59), 8GB ($69), 16GB ($89), 32GB ($109), 64GB ($139), and 128GB($179).<\/p>\n
Additional information can be found on the product page HERE.<\/p>\n
KitGuru says: Standard USB drives can be somewhat unsafe for storing sensitive data, but encrypted, security-focused drives like this get around that with a bunch of features. Do many of you take your data security seriously? Is an encrypted USB like this something that you would use?<\/p>\n
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