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titleIMPORTANT!

You should never rely on a USB flash drive as your sole data source. ALWAYS have a copy of your data stored securely in another location. In addition to being easily lost or stolen, USB flash drives can a do fail. Often they can be working fine one minute and the next they are completely inaccessible and your data is lost.

 

 

USB DevicePros / FeaturesCons

Apricorn Aegis Secure Key

  • Works in any system that reads USB drives
  • No software needs to be installed on the host system
  • FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified
  • Auto-lock secures your data as soon as the drive is removed from the computer
  • Auto self-destruct deletes all data if incorrect PIN is entered 10 consecutive times
  • Expensive

Kingtson DataTraveler 2000

  • Works in any system that reads USB drives
  • No software needs to be installed on the host system
  • FIPS 197 certified
  • Auto-lock secures your data as soon as the drive is removed from the computer
  • Auto self-destruct deletes all data if incorrect PIN is entered 10 consecutive times
  • Expensive

Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy

  • Works with Windows 7 and higher, Mac OS X 10.9 and higher, Linux v2.6.x
  • FIPS 197 certified
  • Moderately expensive
  • Must run software on the host to unlock the drive

BitLocker Encryption of any standard USB flash drive

  • Very cheap
  • While not FIPS compliant, still fairly secure and sufficient for most data that does not contain PII or PHI
  • Only compatible with Windows-based machines
  • Not FIPS compliant by default and not easy to enable
  • NOT acceptable for PII or PHI data

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