INTRODUCTION

   Whenever i happen to mention hardware encrypted hard drives (or secure drives) to people most of them start talking about industrial espionage and government agencies (pretty certain movies have something to do with this) and even though these are indeed two areas where such drives are used in large numbers due to their sensitive "nature" those are clearly not the only ones. For example, i have friends who work as photographers, 3D animators and even teachers who use such drives and in fact i do too (and 3 not just 1) so clearly such drives can be extremely useful to most people out there. SECUREDATA has released numerous portable encrypted drives over the years (both PIN and Bluetooth authenticated) and today with me I’ve got yet another popular model, the SECUREDRIVE KP 4TB.

   SECUREDATA, Inc. is a privately held company, headquartered in California, USA. SecureData offers a range of tailored high-level data protection capabilities through a set of services and products. These include hardware encrypted portable storage devices, backup solutions, file repair software, data recovery, and digital forensics services to help clients achieve their security objectives. SecureData has a presence through its partners in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia, and South America, and serves companies and organizations in regulated industries, such as government, financial services, military, law enforcement, legal, healthcare, and education. More information regarding the SECUREDATA products line can be found at securedrive.com.

   Even though the SECUREDRIVE KP (KP stands for keypad) 4TB model which i have here with me today is based on the Toshiba MQ04ABB400 (SATA III/5400RPM/128MB Cache) 2.5" hard disk drive and is also available in 500GB/1TB/2TB/5TB capacities SECUREDATA also has 2.5" SSD versions under the same product line available in 250GB/500GB/1TB/2TB/4TB/8TB capacities. This is actually the 2nd SECUREDRIVE KP model to arrive in the lab and so once again we have an OS independent portable encrypted drive packing numerous advanced features like FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated AES-XTS 256-bit full drive hardware encryption (GDPR & HIPAA compliant), brute-force anti-hacking protection via dedicated microprocessor (all data is erased after the wrong password is entered a total of 10 times), interior covered in tough epoxy resin (makes it nearly impossible to recover components), inactivity autolock for further increased data security (can be preset between 1 and 60 minutes), read only mode and a top keypad featuring special wear-resistant coating (prevents people from discovering which keys are being used more). Finally, as with previous models SECUREDATA covers the entire SECUREDRIVE KP line with a 2 year limited warranty.