American Security Today September Digital Magazine September 2016 | Page 50

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dust. The testing is done independently by a 3rd party and involves two separate tests. In order to receive
the certification, the Aegis Secure Key was subjected
to a dust chamber for 8 hours and submerged in a
water tank at 1 meter for 30 minutes, after which the
Secure Key was tested for functionality, and inspected for water and dust in its electronics.

Sealed from Physical Attacks by Tough
Epoxy Coating

The internal drive components are completely protected by a super tough epoxy compound, making it
virtually impossible to remove without causing permanent damage to the electronics. This barrier prevents
a potential hacker from accessing the encryption circuitry and launching a variety of potential attacks.

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applications where the drive’s contents must be
kept intact and unaltered for later examination.

Lock Override Mode

Designated for specific cases in which the key
needs to remain unlocked through USB port reenumeration such as during reboot, or passing
through a virtual machine.
With the toughness and security you’d expect
from Apricorn, The Aegis Secure Key 3.0 brings
new features, speed, and storage capacities that
you’d never expect in a flashkey.

Brute Force Self Destruct Feature

As the Aegis Secure Key is unlocked using its own
keypad and not via a keyboard, it is not vulnerable
to software/hardware based key-loggers or brute
force attacks. In addition the Aegis Secure Key further protects your data with a programmable “Brute
Force Hack Defense Mechanism” which deletes the
encryption key and destroys all stored data if the incorrect PIN is entered up to a total of 20 consecutive
times.

Unattended Auto Lock feature

The Aegis Secure Key automatically locks once you
unplug the drive from your computer’s USB port or
power to the USB port is turned off or after a preprogrammed period of inactivity

Wear Resistant Key Pad

Designed with protection in mind, the entire Aegis Secure Drive family incorporates ‘wear resistant’
keypads to hide key usage and avoid tipping off
a potential hacker to the
commonly used keys.
Read-Only Mode
Ideal
for
situations
where the contents of
the Secure Key needs
to be accessed by several people in a public
setting, or for forensic

Apricorn, Inc. is a leader in the design and manufacture of PC storage products, utilities and accessories. Established in 1983 by entrepreneurs Paul
Brown and Mike Gordon,Apricorn quickly became
an industry leader supplying a family of Apple interface products. In 1989, Apricorn became the
world’s first provider of third-party memory modules for portable computers. Since then, Apricorn
has expanded its product line to include a family
of portable computing peripheral solutions.
Good luck to Apricorn on becoming a Winner of
the American Security Today’s Homeland Security Awards Program!

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