7 Secure USB Drives Reviewed

jcatcw writes "Computerworld has reviewed seven USB drives that use either encryption or a physical keypad to protect stored data, and found big differences in I/O speeds, ease of use and strength of security. In the case of the drive using a key pad, the editors were able to break open the device and access the data, bypassing the PIN security. They also state that there is little difference between 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption because neither has been broken yet. The drives reviewed were the SanDisk Cruzer, the Lexar JumpDrive, the Kingston DataTraveler, the Imation Pivot Plus, the Corsair Survivor, the Corsair Padlock and the IronKey Secure USB Drive. The editors chose the IronKey as the most secure."

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Re:A false sense of security is actually worse

[blhack]

Some admins are just working in larger environments where they can't sit down with hundreds or thousands of users and hold their hand and teach them nifty memorization tricks to help them remember their sufficiently complex password. Then you need to either learn to better manage your time, or you need to talk with your boss and get her/him to hire you some help.