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« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2009, 04:37:02 PM »

Try not to get too fooled by Ironkey's marketing hype, they aren't necessarily 'the strongest encrypted flash drive' on the market...

Like I said there are many options, although the IronKey is CESG CAPS approved, so is good for here in the UK Government use. Dont get me wrong I am not saying the Government do everything right, but it does undergo some scrutiny.
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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2009, 12:32:47 AM »

I had the opportunity to play around with an ironkey device and really liked it. Mabye not something the average person needs but it is still nice to have one in your box.
Especially I like to have such devices in a company instead of the personal flash drives from the employees.

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Try not to get too fooled by Ironkey's marketing hype, they aren't necessarily 'the strongest encrypted flash drive' on the market...

I guess it is nothing bad when a company says that their products are the best. It would be not so good to say that products from their competitors are better. Wink
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« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2009, 09:28:14 PM »

Try not to get too fooled by Ironkey's marketing hype, they aren't necessarily 'the strongest encrypted flash drive' on the market...
They actually say "the world's most secure flash drive". I suppose if you include the additional security measures that they have implemented, in addition to the method of encryption, this could be the case. If we're going to give a product the beat down for marketing hyperbole, then MXI should be included for saying things like "the ultimate safeguard for your most critical assets"
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« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2009, 04:15:06 PM »

I'm not sure many people are going around cracking 128 bit AES encryption, so that MXP thing might be a bit overkill if it costs more than the competition.

A lot of the government requires 256 bit.

I have also heard that if personal information is lost on a 128bit drive it must be declared as lost after a given period - can anyone substantiate this?
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« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2009, 04:16:58 PM »

Try not to get too fooled by Ironkey's marketing hype, they aren't necessarily 'the strongest encrypted flash drive' on the market...

Like I said there are many options, although the IronKey is CESG CAPS approved, so is good for here in the UK Government use. Dont get me wrong I am not saying the Government do everything right, but it does undergo some scrutiny.

Are you sure IronKey is CESG CAPS? I dont see it anywhere on their site.. http://www.cesg.gov.uk/find_a/caps/index.cfm

(I did notice the Memory Experts International drive however)
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« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2009, 04:20:28 PM »

Try not to get too fooled by Ironkey's marketing hype, they aren't necessarily 'the strongest encrypted flash drive' on the market...
They actually say "the world's most secure flash drive". I suppose if you include the additional security measures that they have implemented, in addition to the method of encryption, this could be the case. If we're going to give a product the beat down for marketing hyperbole, then MXI should be included for saying things like "the ultimate safeguard for your most critical assets"

What additional security measures?  Surely it is the hardware encryption algorithm that is the determining factor.


What's wrong to be saying that? They aren't claiming they are the most secure.  And surely 256bit AES is exponentially better than 128bit AES.
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« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2009, 04:47:18 PM »

Ironkey has a whole list o' features here:

https://www.ironkey.com/technology

Including (sparse) details on their various security measures.

I don't use, endorse, or rub my junk on either of them. My point is, that if you're going to bag on one company for saying "the world's most secure flash drive" which translates to "we're the best", then you should also apply that to another company saying "the ultimate safeguard for your most critical assets" which also translates to "we're the best". Now if you want to compare apples to apples, such as the strength of their AES implementation, that's another story, but lets leave the marketing messages out of it.
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« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2009, 10:11:22 AM »

Ironkey has a whole list o' features here:

https://www.ironkey.com/technology

Including (sparse) details on their various security measures.

I don't use, endorse, or rub my junk on either of them. My point is, that if you're going to bag on one company for saying "the world's most secure flash drive" which translates to "we're the best", then you should also apply that to another company saying "the ultimate safeguard for your most critical assets" which also translates to "we're the best". Now if you want to compare apples to apples, such as the strength of their AES implementation, that's another story, but lets leave the marketing messages out of it.

Agreed, and that was the point I was trying to stress for any hardware manufacturer.. especially when it comes to security.
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