Have you ever lost your USB thumb drive filled with your resume, passwords, and naughty pictures? Were you scared that the information would fall into the wrong hands? Well Ironkey solved that problem for you. Introducing their new USB thumb drive that holds up to 8 GB of data while introducing a new encryption chip that scrambles the data to become unreadable without a password. Not only does it scramble the data, but after 10 incorrect password attempts, the encryption chip self-destructs along with all the data in the flash drive. Ironkey made sure to make this USB thumb drive the most secure as the data in the drive are filled with epoxy. So this prevents the hacker from physically accessing the chip as he or she will most likely damage the chip. And if for some reason they got to the memory chips, they would be useless without the encryption chip. They even made the flash drive electron-shielded in order to prevent electron microscopes from entering. Your data, and more importantly your passwords, are securely stored in the hardware-encrypted area of the device, being first locally encrypted with 256-bit AES, using randomly generated keys encrypted with a SHA-256 hash of your device password. All of this data is then doubly encrypted with 128-bit AES hardware encryption. Basically it is impossible to hack. The USB thumb drive also includes the following features:

IronKey – The Bottom-Line

  • Fast 30MBPS Read, 20MBPS Write
  • Drive contents encrypted with AES CBC-Mode Encryption
  • Onboard IronKey Password-manager keeps all your internet passwords safe
  • Secure version of Firefox included that encrypts all your web-surfing traffic
  • Encased in a potted metal case, not plastic, making it one of the strongest USB keys around
  • Exceeds MIL-STD-810F military waterproofing standards
  • The encryption chip self-destructs if an invasive attack is detected
  • If your Ironkey is lost, you can restore from a secure backup to a new Ironkey in minutes
  • Dual channel SLC NAND Flash for high-quality and read/write speeds
  • Works great in Windows XP and Windows Vista, Linux and Mac OS X. Linux and Mac support requires Windows initialization, first.
  • Sorry – due to export restrictions, we cannot ship outside the US and Canada.

Ironkey provided us with a demo. Click here to check it out. A price tag and release date has yet to be announced.

- Geoff

[Source: ThinkGeek]