Apricorn Releases Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB Drive

Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB Drive Was Issued to Protect Privacy

In August 2018, a new type of USB drive called “Aegis Secure Key 3NX” made its first debut. It is designed by Apricorn, Inc. – an American designer and manufacturer of computer storage products, utilities and accessories, which was established in 1983.

Built on Apricorn’s Secure Key 3Z, the Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB drive is said to be provided with the capacities to suit all needs. As the successor to the popular Secure Key 3Z, it owns a convenient keypad to lock and unlock easily and instantly.

Increasing Needs for a USB Drive with Higher Safety

Nowadays, it’s really dangerous to carry around the unencrypted businesses data. It really isn’t an option for people, especially businesses managers.

Though storing files in the cloud is very convenient and space saving, people will say no to it when extremely sensitive information (such as trade secrets and customer resource) is included. This is reasonable; if they transmit sensitive data over the internet, they have to bear the risk of data breaches.

Under such circumstances, carrying sensitive information around becomes their best option. So, storing data to a USB drive is a better move. The encrypted USB disk emerges and meets that demand.

Apricorn has realized that hardware-based encryption is superior to others, so it has been working on producing hardware-encrypted USB drives for a while till now. Recently, the latest Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB flash drive adopting 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encryption (while the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation is pending) was launched.

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Overview of the New Hardware-encrypted USB Drive

Capacity & Compatibility

a). Apricorn’s Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB drive has a wide capacity range (from 2GB to 128GB). Of course, the price also varies a lot. If you want to buy yourself a hardware-encrypted flash drive, the following capacity & price list will be helpful.

• 2GB ($59)
• 4GB ($59)
• 8GB ($69)
• 16GB ($89)
• 32GB ($119)
• 64GB ($149)
• 128GB ($189)

You may have noticed that the prices of a 2GB Aegis Secure Key 3NX is the same as that of a 4GB drive. This is probably a mistake. Further clarification from Apricorn is needed.

b). As for the compatibility, it also won’t let you down.

As I mentioned, the encryption of Aegis Secure Key 3NX USB drive is done on the hardware level. All thanks to this, the Aegis Secure Key 3NX can be compatible with almost all operating systems you can think of. Windows, Mac OS, and Linux-based OS (Fedora, Ubuntu, and Zorin OS) are all included in the list.

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Outstanding Features

This hardware-encrypted flash drive has the following outstanding features.

• The read-only option is provided.
• The admin and user access is separate.
• It includes data recovery PINs.
• It offers programmable PIN lengths.
• The onboard keypad authentication is embedded.
• IP-67 validated against water and dust damage.
• The size is small enough to fit into anyone’s pocket or bag easily.
• It is operating 25 percent cooler than its predecessor, the Secure Key 3Z.
• The security is high enough for you to save extremely sensitive information.
• The 256-bit AES XTS hardware encryption is adopted for higher security.
• It has complete cross-platform compatibility and large capacity range.
• The read speed is up to 77MB/s, while the write speed is up to 72MB/s.
• The patent pending RM / FD toggle feature allows you to configure device as Removeable Media or Fixed Disk.