IIRC, usually when something is advertised with AES (or anything not hardware-based) encryption, is just running a (sometimes custom) copy of TrueCrypt. For the best flash-drive security though, ...

FIPS 197 drives encrypt with AES-256 on the chip, but files are readable once unlocked. What the certification covers and ...

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Kingston Technology has announced IronKey Locker+ 50 G2, a new hardware-encrypted USB flash drive that promises secure data storage. The device uses AES 256-bit hardware encryption in XTS mode and ...

The humble USB drive needn't be a security risk if you have the right precautions in place. In an age of online cloud storage, you’d be forgiven for thinking that physical storage media no longer had ...

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A. For all intents and purposes, today’s USB flash memory drives (a.k.a. thumb drives or jump drives) are the equivalent to the old school floppy disk on steroids. If you want to transfer files from ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...