You lock and unlock it through the physical keypad and there is absolutely no software involved. In other words, when you plug it in it is simply an open USB key. The 3NXC is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 pending, has ‘on-the-fly’ AES-XTS 256-bit 100% hardware based encryption, has a software-free setup and can be used in any system because access to this devices storage is opened or closed through the keypad on its face. Let’s face it, USB Type-C is the latest in connectivity and everything is moving in that direction. This flash drive is available in capacities of 4,8,16,32,64 and 128GB and it is a USB 3,2 device with a Type-C connector. Today, we are going to take a look at Apricorn’s newest release, the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC the bottom device shown in the picture above. Our original report can be found here and z and that drive can still be bought here on Amazon. This flash drive is not only FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated, has full-disk 256-Bit AES=XTS encryption and contains no software to achieve its data security, but also it has a 480GB capacity and hits USB 3.0 speeds of 180MB/s. It is the top of the two in the above picture. The importance of such cannot be stressed hard enough when the loss of information on a USB can be valued at millions of dollars.įor the past four years (almost to the day), I have been carrying with me the Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3.0 that I am still going to claim is the worlds absolute best ‘all around’ security device. I understand data security rather well and can tell you that I have been carrying an encrypted flash drive with me for longer than I can remember. Many will be very surprised at reading this, most of whom I have known for years but never mentioned such. Many may not know this but I have been a police officer for the past 25 years, in addition to running Essentially Tech Media, The SSD Review and Technology X.

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