How does safeStick compare to cheaper encrypted sticks?
Many other encrypted memory sticks – for example some cheaper models available from Hypertec, Integral, Sandisk, Lexar and others, rely on software encryption (plus other insecure features) which is simply NOT secure. Read our whitepaper on the 7 Major Weaknesses of software only USB security. Also several other “high profile” units have also been cracked. for example the McAfee MXI stick has been cracked, as has the Secustick. Many other vendors “secure” drives have been hacked – included Sandisk’s, Verbatims and other “most secure” FIPS offerings! Read more.
Many other encrypted memory sticks – for example some cheaper models available from Hypertec, Integral, Sandisk, Lexar and others, rely on software encryption (plus other insecure features) which is simply NOT secure. Read our whitepaper on the 7 Major Weaknesses of software only USB security. Also several other “high profile” units have also been cracked. for example the McAfee MXI stick has been cracked, as has the Secustick. Many other vendors “secure” drives have been hacked – included Sandisk’s Cruzer, Verbatims and other “most secure” FIPS offerings! Read more. November 2010: SanDisk has terminated Cruzer Enterprise (the entire Cruzer Enterprise secure USB product family), and will no longer be offering any products.
