Those who think of external portable storage often quickly thinks of security risks. They have been used with governments for many years because of the unique NATO SECRET certification for secure storage. The Viasat SSD and HDD are available as NATO SECRET certified. Data breaches can leave financial and personal data on the streets or allow data from classified files and military operations to fall into the wrong hands. Secret and sensitive data is at risk every day. As a result, the SSD is usually faster, while the HDD is available in larger capacities and cheaper. An external SSD, on the other hand, contains no moving parts and works with memory chips. When it spins, it scans the disk to then access it. Want to know more about ransomware? The difference between an external HDD or SSDĪn external HDD is a storage medium with a magnetised metal disk. Consider secure USB storage media with sufficient storage capacity. Also make sure you have stable and secure storage media. If a ransomware attack occurs, it is wise to be prepared for it.

In plain and simple terms, without the PIN there’s no way in.Make sure you have a good backup strategy (Common Criteria EAL4+ ready), which employs built-in physical protection mechanisms designed to defend against external tamper, bypass attacks and fault injections. One of the unique and underlying security features of the GDPR compliant new diskAshur range is the dedicated hardware based secure microprocessor The drives employ EDGE (Enhanced Dual Generating Encryption) which offers the ultimate in data security technology. The ultra-secure, PIN authenticated, hardware encrypted drives operate at USB 3.1 super speeds and are available in capacities of up to 5TB. Introducing the new diskAshur range of portable hard drives, SSDs and desktop drives.

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