IRONKEY: The world’s most secure USB flash drive

Corporate and governmental data breaches from mobile devices are today's front-page news. Lose just one USB device with critical data and your organization suffers financial loss and damage to your brand. But where are those devices being used in your company? Could you be the next data breach headline?

IronKey USB drives have the ability to lockdown your critical information in the field using high speed military-grade encryption and patent-pending "Flash-Trash" self-destruct technology.

What It Does:

• Secures all your data with military-grade AES encryption
• Always-on hardware encryption cannot be accidently turned off or be disabled by malware or an intruder
• Self destructs after 10 consecutive failed password attempts, wiping both keys and data to neutralize brute force attacks
• Waterproof beyond military standards - no need to worry if your IronKey takes a trip through the washing machine or a dip in the pool

Upon discovery of this product, I thought WOW.....this is something that could really benefit thousands or maybe even more. I've had friends who had "Private" data on their work computer, only to discover that their employer thought that they had a given "right" to that information, even though it was deemed personal by description. Had my friend C.S. had this, his Employer would have been unable to access his personal data. READ ON..........

Hardware Encryption

Your IronKey is literally packed with the latest and most secure encryption technologies, all enabled by the powerful onboard Cryptochip. Rather than employing "homegrown" cryptographic algorithms that have not undergone rigorous cryptoanalysis, IronKey follows industry best practices and uses only well-established and thoroughly tested cryptographic algorithms.

All of your data on the IronKey drive is encrypted in hardware using AES CBC-mode encryption.

Always-On Encryption

Because your IronKey implements data encryption in the hardware Cryptochip, all data written to your drive is always encrypted. There is no way to accidentally turn it off or for malware or criminals to disable it. Also, it runs many times faster than software encryption, especially when storing large files or using the on-board portable Firefox browser.

Encryption Keys

The encryption keys used to protect your data are generated in hardware by a FIPS 140-2 compliant True Random Number Generator on the IronKey Cryptochip. This ensures maximum protection via the encryption ciphers. The keys are generated in the Cryptochip when you initialize your IronKey, and they never leave the secure hardware to be placed in flash memory or on your computer.

Two-Factor Authentication

Beyond simply protecting the privacy of your data on the IronKey flash drive, the IronKey Cryptochip incorporates advanced Public Key Cryptography ciphers that allow you to lock down your online IronKey account. That way you must have your IronKey device, in addition to your password, to access your online account. This highly complex process runs behind the scenes, giving you state-of-the-art protection from phishers, hackers and other online threats.