TMCnews Featured Article

SPYRUS has announced that the same USB flash drive security designed for Microsoft Windows compatible devices is now available for Mac and Linux users.

The new OEM-only USB flash drive, a member of the Hydra Privacy Card family,  implements advanced hardware security techniques to provide a secure use-anywhere USB flash drive.

Company officials said that every sector of the device’s memory is protected with the advanced, hardware-based XTS-AES 256-bit encryption recommended by IEEE (News - Alert) 1669 and referenced by the NIST SP800-38E standard for full disk encryption.

Based on SPYRUS sector, this new media encryption device uses the same Rosetta Micro FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated hardware security module built into the entire SPYRUS Hydra Privacy Card family, said company officials.

Moreover, the device implements XTS-AES 256, AES CBC, ECDH P-384, ECDSA P-384, and SHA-384, which together make up the National Security Agency's (News - Alert) Suite B cryptography.

Designed to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 3 specifications, the device’s packaging is tamper-resistant epoxy potting with built-in anti-tamper and self-destruct mechanisms. Company officials the packaging protects the device against unauthorized access to the device and data.

Plus, SPYRUS does not offer to store a copy of the password nor backup the data on the drive to a system on the Internet, where confidential information could be at risk to hackers, said company officials.

In addition, the device can also be used with the SPYRUS Secure Pocket Drive and licensed Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows Embedded Standard OS on an encrypting USB flash drive. And, three-person control can be implemented with the addition of a SPYRUS Hydra Privacy Card Digital Attaché encrypting storage device, enabling the secure exchange of information between multiple Microsoft Windows systems.

SPYRUS holds patents in the U.S. and abroad that enable solutions for secure authentication, secure communication, and full disk encryption, and also patents relating to data protection and rights management for digital content.

Last month, the company announced that the U.S. National Security Agency authorized additional approval for SPYRUS’ Hydra Privacy Card personal encryption device for securing data when used with a PC running on Microsoft Windows 7 OS.