• Latest
  • Trending
F-Secure Armory Drive Encrypted USB Drive Offers Secure Storage

F-Secure Armory Drive Encrypted USB Drive Offers Secure Storage

December 15, 2021
Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

September 6, 2022
Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

September 6, 2022
8 Most Common Causes of a Data Breach

5.7bn data entries found exposed on Chinese VPN

August 18, 2022
Fibre optic interconnection linking Cameroon and Congo now operational

Fibre optic interconnection linking Cameroon and Congo now operational

July 15, 2022
Ericsson and MTN Rwandacell Discuss their Long-Term Partnership

Ericsson and MTN Rwandacell Discuss their Long-Term Partnership

July 15, 2022
Airtel Africa Purchases $42M Worth of Additional Spectrum

Airtel Africa Purchases $42M Worth of Additional Spectrum

July 15, 2022
Huawei steps up drive for Kenyan talent

Huawei steps up drive for Kenyan talent

July 15, 2022
TSMC predicts Q3 revenue boost thanks to increased iPhone 13 demand

TSMC predicts Q3 revenue boost thanks to increased iPhone 13 demand

July 15, 2022
Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account

Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account

July 15, 2022
Top 10 apps built and managed in Ghana

Top 10 apps built and managed in Ghana

July 15, 2022
MTN Group to Host the 2nd Edition of the MoMo API Hackathon

MTN Group to Host the 2nd Edition of the MoMo API Hackathon

July 15, 2022
KIOXIA Introduce JEDEC XFM Removable Storage with PCIe/NVMe Spec

KIOXIA Introduce JEDEC XFM Removable Storage with PCIe/NVMe Spec

July 15, 2022
  • Consumer Watch
  • Kids Page
  • Directory
  • Events
  • Reviews
Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
  • Login
itechnewsonline.com
  • Home
  • Tech
  • Africa Tech
  • InfoSEC
  • Data Science
  • Data Storage
  • Business
  • Opinion
Subscription
Advertise
No Result
View All Result
itechnewsonline.com
No Result
View All Result

F-Secure Armory Drive Encrypted USB Drive Offers Secure Storage

by ITECHNEWS
December 15, 2021
in Data Storage, Leading Stories
0 0
0
F-Secure Armory Drive Encrypted USB Drive Offers Secure Storage

Combines protection for encryption keys, data, and device’s firmware into portable storage solution.

by StorageNewsletter.com

Portable storage solutions need to balance accessibility and security: They need to be simple to use and compact enough for the owners to carry around, but secure enough to prevent other people from simply picking it up and accessing its contents. 

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

Fsecure Usb Armory Drive Laptop

F-Secure Corp.’s Armory Drive aims to strike this balance by providing an encrypted storage solution that runs on the USB armory – a tiny secure-by-design computer.

The solution consists of 2 components: Firmware for the USB armory, and an iOS app. The firmware (a free download for current USB armory owners) adds Armory Drive functionality to the USB armory. The iOS app turns users’ iPhones into an authentication mechanism for data contained on microSD cards encrypted by the solution.

Click to enlarge

Access to the device owner’s iPhone and paired USB armory are required to access the contents protected by the system. These 2 components work together to prevent unauthorized access to data, even if the microSD card or USB armory is lost, or stolen by an experienced attacker.

The system also prevents exposing the solution’s encryption keys to laptops or desktops, which helps protect that information from untrusted or compromised computers.

“The USB armory has been embraced by companies, security professionals, and others with the technical expertise and need for a secure computing platform. However, everyone needs secure storage and providing it is well within the USB armory’s capabilities. F-Secure Armory Drive makes those capabilities accessible to anyone looking for secure, portable, limitless storage,” said Andrea Barisani, head, hardware security,.

While other secure USB drives include protection for data and encryption keys, the introduction of measures to secure the system’s firmware is one of Armory Drive’s more unique strengths. Barisani and his team achieved this by combining the USB armory’s Secure Boot capabilities with a Google transparency framework (*) – one of the first implementations of this framework for binary transparency.

Thanks to this innovation, any firmware update pushed to the USB armory undergoes additional authentication by both the desktop installer as well as the device itself. The additional authentication protects the system from compromise via a malicious update – a common tactic in supply chain attacks.

“F-Secure’s adoption of Firmware Transparency sets a great example of how device manufacturers can proactively help mitigate supply chain risks,” said Ryan Hurst, product manager, Google.

F Secure Armory Drive Software Scheme

In addition to USB armory’s existing features, Armory Drive’s capabilities and benefits include:

  • Control multiple units from a single mobile device
  • Runs on any desktop or laptop without additional drivers or software
  • Combination of multifactor authentication and full-disk encryption protects data on lost or stolen units
  • Encrypt (AES) an unlimited number of microSD cards, providing unrestricted secure storage capability through one device
  • Out-of-band unlock with authenticated, encrypted Bluetooth session prevents exposure of encryption keys, even to compromised or untrusted computers
ShareTweetShare
Plugin Install : Subscribe Push Notification need OneSignal plugin to be installed.

Search

No Result
View All Result

Recent News

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

September 6, 2022
Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

September 6, 2022
8 Most Common Causes of a Data Breach

5.7bn data entries found exposed on Chinese VPN

August 18, 2022

About What We Do

itechnewsonline.com

We bring you the best Premium Tech News.

Recent News With Image

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade

September 6, 2022
Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy

September 6, 2022

Recent News

  • Inaugural AfCFTA Conference on Women and Youth in Trade September 6, 2022
  • Instagram fined €405m over children’s data privacy September 6, 2022
  • 5.7bn data entries found exposed on Chinese VPN August 18, 2022
  • Fibre optic interconnection linking Cameroon and Congo now operational July 15, 2022
  • Home
  • InfoSec
  • Opinion
  • Africa Tech
  • Data Storage

© 2021-2022 iTechNewsOnline.Com - Powered by BackUPDataSystems

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Tech
  • Africa Tech
  • InfoSEC
  • Data Science
  • Data Storage
  • Business
  • Opinion

© 2021-2022 iTechNewsOnline.Com - Powered by BackUPDataSystems

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Go to mobile version