Today, Aleratec launched its new PortaStor Secure family of 256-bit AES encrypted USB flash drives. These highly secure flash drives feature hardware encryption for fast, dependable performance and superior ease-of-use.
The USB flash drive is one of the most widely used tools for transporting important data and multimedia files due to its size, convenience and near-universal compatibility. However, these same strengths make flash drives vulnerable to loss, theft and other potential breaches in security. Financial data, business proposals, research, development plans and any other confidential materials stored on flash drives are at high risk of falling into the wrong hands and being compromised.
The PortaStor Secure family of USB flash drives addresses this risk by providing a secure partition for confidential files. All information in this secure partition is encrypted using a time proven, always-on hardware encryption method known as 256-bit AES that was approved by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in 2001. This encryption method has become a worldwide standard. It renders all data in the secure partition useless to anyone without authorized access. For even greater security, this secure partition is automatically formatted after six invalid login attempts.
"Whether it's confidential government documents or personal financial information, most of our customers work regularly with sensitive data files," said Perry Solomon, President and CEO. "The PortaStor Secure line of USB flash drives gives them the ability to protect their information, while maintaining all of the convenience and features of a typical USB flash drive."
Aleratec's PortaStor Secure USB flash drives are available in four sizes to fit any application: 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB. Each drive can be managed without any additional software installation required. The management application is stored right on the PortaStor drive. For the greatest flexibility, users can even specify the size of the secure and non-secure partitions.
Price and Availability
The Aleratec PortaStor Secure family of products is available for shipment now with the following Estimated Retail Prices (ERP) from Aleratec's dedicated resellers and distribution partners.
The Aleratec PortaStor Secure, 16GB $75.99
The Aleratec PortaStor Secure, 8GB $58.99
The Aleratec PortaStor Secure, 4GB $42.99
The Aleratec PortaStor Secure, 2GB $40.99
