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Keeping your organisation’s data in the Cloud isn’t always the only and right option. It’s more about finding an approach that suits you.

A survey in various countries across Europe has revealed that despite the opportunities that the Cloud offers, about 90% of employees still use USB drives to transport data. This is for good reason, as USB drives:

  • Allow you to work independently without the need for internet & Cloud access
  • Require a one-off investment only and don’t require any maintenance
  • Don’t need a lengthy set-up and contract

The nuclear option!

Yet we also know that many organisations lock down USB ports and ban their employees from using them. This isn’t always a sensible solution, as it limits flexibility and can encourage employees to search for workarounds such as private email or Cloud services.

Smart alternatives to the nuclear option of locking down USB ports include:

  • Rolling out encrypted USB drives company-wide to provide your users with the secure file sharing solutions they need to do their job quickly and effectively
  • Integrating encrypted USB drives into your companies’ security strategy and architecture via endpoint management
  • Educating your employees on data security and training them on how to use USB drives securely

Kingston’s encrypted USB drives come with a variety of customisation options that make them fit with your organisation’s security needs, strategy and policies.

How we can help

Complete IT Systems and Kingston Technology have the solutions, experience, accreditations and skills to provide your business with the security solutions you need. For more information call us on 01274 396 213 or contact us and we can call you back.

The perfect solution for Windows 10 migrations

Kingston’s Desktop/Notebook Memory and Business Solid-State Drives (SSD) are the perfect enterprise client combination for your Windows 10 migration and system update deployments.

The UV500 family of solid-state drives dramatically improves the responsiveness of your existing system with incredible boot, loading and transfer times compared to mechanical hard drives. Powered by a Marvell 88SS1074 controller combined with 3D NAND Flash for read and write speeds up to 520MB/s and 500MB/s1, this SSD is 10X faster than a traditional hard drive for better performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall faster system. UV500 provides end-to-end data protection, supports 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption and TCG Opal 2.0 security management solutions.

More reliable and durable than a hard drive, UV500 is built with NAND Flash semiconductor memory. There are no moving parts, making it far less likely to fail than a mechanical hard drive. It is also cooler and quieter, and its shock and vibration resistance makes it ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices.

UV500 is available in Multiple capacities from 120GB–1.92TB,2 so you can buy one to use as a boot drive, or take advantage of the larger capacities to store videos, photos and host your most frequently used applications.

Ideal for desktops and notebooks

Comes in multiple form factors (2.5”/M.2/mSATA) to fit in a wider array of systems. It is ideal for slimmer notebooks and systems with limited space.

Multiple capacities

Available in a range of capacities up to 1.92TB2 to meet your data storage requirements.

Encrypted protection

Protect sensitive data with support for 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption and TCG Opal 2.0.

10X faster than a hard drive

With incredible read/write speeds, the UV500 will not only increase performance, but can also breathe new life into older systems.

How we can help

Complete IT Systems and Kingston Technology have the solutions, experience, accreditations and skills to provide your business with the security solutions you need. For more information call us on 01274 396 213 or contact us and we can call you back.

Why you can trust your business data with encrypted USBs

In recent weeks we’ve been discussing the benefits of using encrypted USB to safeguard your business data. But what is it about encrypted USBs that makes them stand out above other data security solutions? Here we lift the lid on how Kingston’s IronKey D300 USB Flash drive features an advanced level of security that safeguards your sensitive company information.

Firstly, it’s FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified, with 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption in XTS mode. An essential pillar to setting security standards, corporate policies and data loss protection (DLP) best practices – an important element in the quest for compliance with industry standards and global regulations such as the GDPR.

How about BadUSB?

For added peace of mind, the drive uses digitally signed firmware, making it immune to BadUSB, and enforces complex password protection with minimum characteristics to prevent unauthorised access.

Encryption and decryption is done on the drive, with no trace left on the host system, and the drive locks down and reformats after 10 invalid attempts to protect against brute force attacks.

Rugged and secure, the IronKey D300 has a zinc casing and tamper-evident epoxy seal for physical security, so you can rest assured the drive will hold up, even in the most demanding situations and environments. It’s customisable, easy to use and waterproof up to 4 feet, conforming to IEC60529 IXP8**. SuperSpeed (USB 3.0) technology means you don’t have to compromise on speed over security.

Serialised (S) models

The IronKey D300S / D300SM brings two additional features on top of its industry-leading data protection.

Unique serial-number and barcode printed on drive;

  • Allows network administrators simply to read or scan the code instead of plugging in a drive to learn its unique serial number.
  • Time saver both when the drive is deployed and when it is returned, as well as during any physical auditing of hardware done by a company. If a lost drive is found, the owner can quickly be tracked by the serial number.

Virtual keyboard

Enables users to enter a password via mouse clicks, instead of using a physical keyboard; to reduce the risk of a keylogger intercepting the password being keyed in.

Protection when using your encrypted drive on other computers that may be logging every keystroke made on a physical keyboard, including passwords.

Managed model

IronKey D300M / D300SM is available in a Managed model that requires IronKey EMS, with the D300SM also supporting SafeConsole by DataLocker***. This allows central management of drive access and usage across thousands of drives.

Either cloud-based or on-premises, it enforces drive-specific policies, such as password strength and retry limits, and lets administrators remotely disable lost or stolen drives, recover lost passwords and more.

  • Advanced level of security that builds on the features that made IronKey well-respected
  • Available in a Managed model that requires IronKey EMS by DataLocker***
  • Rugged and secure casing that meets IronKey standards
  • Fast data transfers that use the latest in NAND Flash and controller technology
  • Customisable
  • Easy to use

See more

Watch this short video for an introduction to the IronKey D300M.

How we can help

Complete IT Systems and Kingston Technology have the solutions, experience, accreditations and skills to provide your business with the security solutions you need. For more information call us on 01274 396 213 or contact us and we can call you back.

It’s eye-openingly easy for USB drives to jeopardise business data – what’s the solution?

How can IT deal with obvious risks of lost USB drives to business data and reputation? One way is the nuclear option of completely forbidding USB drive usage and all of its convenience. But doing so risks limiting user productivity, and in doing so perhaps forcing users into other ways of sharing files in efforts to get their job done (perhaps over personal email, or internet-based free file sharing platforms).

What’s the worst that can happen with a lost USB drive?

A lot actually – check out some of the eye-opening USB stats in our short video!

With several models and capacities to choose from, there’s one solution that’s ideal for your company’s needs, whether you’re looking for mobile data security or have to comply with data-at-rest directives, laws, standards or global regulations such as GDPR. That solution is encrypted USB drives.

In stats, 20% of organisations currently deploy encrypted USBs, but at least 33% have experienced a USB-related threat or breach in the past year.

What are the main benefits of encrypted USB?

  • Antivirus protection
  • Complex password protection
  • Ability to be managed remotely
  • Tamper-evident technology
  • Wide capacity range

How we can help

Complete IT Systems and Kingston Technology have the solutions, experience, accreditations and skills to provide your business with the security solutions you need. For more information call us on 01274 396 213 or contact us and we can call you back.

Neutralising the USB threat to your business

As Heathrow Airport found out last year, lost or stolen USB drives can expose your organisation to substantial risks such as damage of reputation, loss of customers, or fines.

You can neutralise them by using Encrypted USB drives. Check out our infographic to understand some other quick actions you can take to secure your business from the potential damage that just one unencrypted USB drive can do.

 

 

How can encrypted USB help your business?

Kingston Technology’s encrypted USB drives provide the security needed to protect your confidential business data at all times; protect your organisation’s sensitive and business critical data by standardising on an encrypted Kingston DataTraveler or IronKey Flash drives.

With several models and capacities to choose from to suit all types and sizes of organisation, there’s always one that’s ideal for your company’s needs. Whether mobile data security is a priority, or you have to demonstrate compliance with data-at-rest directives, laws, standards or global regulations such as GDPR, Kingston’s encrypted USB drives are built for all scenarios. Check out this short video of the DTVP30 range to find out more.

 

How we can help

Complete IT Systems and Kingston Technology have the solutions, experience, accreditations and skills to provide your business with the security solutions you need. For more information call us on 01274 396 213 or contact us and we can call you back.