Model: SecureDrive KP 500GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive
Manufacturer: SecureData
Provided By: SecureData
SecureData is a worldwide leader in hardware encrypted storage and data services. Founded in California, USA in 2007, this privately held company pioneered many of the data recovery techniques currently used throughout the industry before expanding into e-discovery and forensics services. Today, the company offers a range of high-level data protection capabilities including hardware encrypted portable data storage devices, backup solutions, file repair software, data recovery and digital forensics services to help clients achieve their security objectives.
In addition to their line of secure, wireless storage devices, SecureData offers a number of more traditional models like the SecureDrive KP. Available with either a hard drive or an SSD in capacities ranging from 250GB up to a massive 8TB, this portable drive features a FIPS compliant design with military-grade AES 256-bit XTS encryption. Instead of an app on a mobile device though, the data on the drive is unlocked when a user enters their PIN via its onboard keypad. The SecureDrive KP is also equipped with a durable aluminum casing as well as a super-fast USB 3.0 interface capable of delivering up to 292 MB/s read and 299 MB/s write speeds.
With specs and features like this, it's hard not to be impressed by the SecureDrive KP. However, as you all know by now, we're not ones to take things at face value. In this review, we'll take a closer look at SecureData's encrypted portable hard drive and then put it through its paces to see how well it performs. Does the SecureDrive KP have what it takes? Keep reading as we find out.
