Mobile Armor and IronKey Team Up for Secure Flash Drive

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Mobile Armor and IronKey have teamed up for a new product called KeyArmor. KeyArmor incorporated technology from both companies to create the world’s most secure, portable, flexible, auditable and tamperproof USB key.

KeyArmor USB is aimed at the needs of civilian and federal enterprise security marketplaces and the product meets and exceeds critical governmental standards. The KeyArmor drive allows enterprise users to authenticate using existing Smart cards, RSA SecurID or policy based passwords to access the encrypted USB drives and will disallow other USB keys from being connected. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IronKey Launches 8GB Version

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IronKey has announced that its line of secure enterprise hard drives has had a capacity increase. Previously the IronKey drives were available in 1Gb, 2GB, and 4GB capacities. Now users needing hardware encryption and more storage can get an 8GB version of the IronKey drive.

The 8GB version offers the same Cryptochip built onto the drive and comes with applications like Firefox, IronKey password manager, RSA SecurID and a Secure Session service. Administrators can also turn these applications off if desired. The 8Gb drive retails for $299. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 May 2008 11:33:04 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IronKey Launches Enterprise-grade Secure USB Drive

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One of the most challenging issues for enterprise data security is securing and managing flash drives. These innocent seeming devices are commonly used to steal data from corporate networks and when lost can put confidential data into the wrong hands.

IronKey announced today that it has a new IronKey enterprise drive that features centralized management capabilities. The new IronKey has the same encryption built-in as the previous version. The big difference here is easy management. Administrators can created and enforce a set of policies that ensure users comply with data protection policies and the policies are downloaded directly to the IronKey drive. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:59:33 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Ironkey Personal Secure Flash Drive Review

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Everything USB published a review of the Ironkey Personal Secure Flash Drive.

Quote from the review: "Without a doubt, flash drives are the largest security risk that most organizations and users have faced since the introduction writeable CDs. They can be used on virtually any PC, are small enough to go undetected by anyone, and now are large enough to carry more than four times what you can fit on a DVD. Couple this with a clumsy employee and you have a recipe to make the evening CNN blurb of how 60,000 people facing identity theft. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PNY IronKey 4GB Flash Drive Review

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If you are a user of flash drives for transporting data that is sensitive or personal in nature, you should consider an encrypting flash drive like the PNY IronKey 4GB flash drive we are testing today.

This flash drive is encased in an attractive brushed aluminum case and features always on hardware encryption that encrypts everything you save to the drive as it is written. The drive also feature secure web browsing software. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:27:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

IronKey Launches Military Grade Encrypted Flash Drive

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IronKey announced that it has a new flash drive in the IronKey family that meets military standards for durability and is appropriate for enterprise use as well. The new flash drive is called the IronKey: Enterprise Special Edition.

The drive is designed to meet MIL-STD-810F for tamper and water resistance and uses the same onboard hardware encryption that other IronKey drives use. No drivers or software are required to use the drive on a computer or network. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:37:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun