Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Most of us already know that carrying unencrypted data on portable drives is a bad idea. The consequences of that data falling into the wrong hands can range from embarrassing to damaging to potentially opening up you or your company to legal headaches.
But encrypting data on external drives can also be a pain. If you have to run separate applications, things quickly become a big hassle, and that's how data gets left unencrypted.
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But what if there was a way of easily encrypting and decrypting data without messing with any applications? Well, there is, and I guarantee you that you'll feel like James Bond every time you use this.
The SSD looks like any regular SSD, except it has a screen. It's a touchscreen, and you use this to input your passcode and change the drive settings. Take it from an expert -- you need a Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 SSD.
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This drive is one of the easiest and most convenient ways to encrypt data when moving. The initial setup for this drive took seconds -- I had to input my secret passcode -- and it was ready to use.
And use it I have.
This drive has been with me in a handful of countries across three continents and all across the UK, and it's going strong.
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