Kingston Unveils Secure USB Drive With Built-In Encryption, IronKey Keypad 200

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This looks just like a faster version of DataTraveler DT2000, which is not bad. They seem to cost basically the same as the older DT2000, which is surprising. I have 2 DT2000's and I really like them. They have plethora of features. I didn't care about speed nor capacity, just security. But the IKKP200 specs suggest that they could be used for emergency bootable system-on-a-stick as well. While I don't us the admin modes, I don't need any software. They just work, with any computer, which is convenient when you let somebody connect it to their computer. You don't have to ask anyone to install some weird software. On top of that, you can turn back, type in your password securely when the flash drive is disconnected, turn back again, give it, and if it's connected before timeout, your colleague can use it just like any other drive. This includes boot too. You don't care about keyloggers. There's a native write protection too, if you need it. Just be careful not to knock it while it's inserted. This stuff is long, so with such lever it's easy to break the port if you smash it. Hardware is reinforced and temper-protected. Because everything sits in the drive itself, you can't just copy it and try a brute-force attack. You have a limit on number of password attempts. The built-in counter is increased with each failure and once the limit is reached, the encryption key gets wiped. If the password is correct, it unlocks the encryption key, and your thumb drive is ready to use. This stuff is isolated from the computer, and transparent to OS. Of course you can't trust it 100% if some 3-letter agency is after your data - you're in bad luck. But realistically, how many of us are in such situation. In other cases you can't get much better than that. If that's still not enough, read about admin modes. You'll get features like recovery when user forgets their password, and being able to share some secret data while ensuring it's not altered.