INTRODUCTION

   They may be rather expensive because of the extra security/safety layers they provide but government employees and professionals from all over the industry seem to have embraced hardware encrypted portable drives something which is evident from the increase in sales such models enjoyed in both 2017 and 2018. Now it's no secret that even though HDDs (hard disk drives) are the "standard" in terms of read and write performance they do offer a much better price/capacity ratio compared to the much faster SSDs (solid state drives) and as expected the same applies to their portable versions. Of course that means there aren't many other choices for consumers so if you're looking for a portable drive with the best possible performance without sacrificing capacity an portable SSD is pretty much your only option. SECUREDATA manufactures military grade hardware encrypted portable drives and with us today we have their latest one called the SECUREDRIVE BT SSD 2TB.

   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.

   With the SECUREDRIVE BT hardware encrypted drives SECUREDATA has covered pretty much every potential buyer since that line currently includes portable HDDs (currently available in 1/2/5TB capacities), portable SSDs (currently available in 250GB/500GB/1TB/2TB/4TB/8TB capacities) and USB flash drives (currently available in 4/8/16/32/64/128GB capacities). Now what separates the SECUREDRIVE BT line from other hardware encrypted drives is that instead of using a PIN number/password for user authentication it uses Bluetooth for user authentication which is achieved via their DataLock mobile app (compatible with iOS and Android devices). Now at first this may not look as easy as entering your PIN number but for people who may have a hard time remembering numbers this could be extremely useful. User authentication aside the SECUREDRIVE BT line also features FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated AES-XTS 256-bit full drive hardware encryption (GDPR compliant), dedicated hardware based crypto microprocessor which protects the drive against brute-force attacks (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), bad USB protection mode (cuts off the drive completely from USB access until authorization is granted by the mobile app) and remote management (subscription service). Finally SECUREDATA covers the entire SECUREDRIVE BT line with a 2 year limited warranty.