Free Computer Consultant Tip-Of-The-Week e-Zine for January 4, 2008
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USB Flash Drives are everywhere; prices are coming down, capacities
are going up.
Some small businesses entire backup strategy is using USB Flash
Drives. Unfortunately, what may be a backup strategy is a far cry
from a disaster recovery plan... but I digress.
I've been encouraging my clients to be careful what data they drop
onto a USB stick and then treat casually. What if that data ends up
in the wrong hands?
Well a few companies have some convenient solutions for that. It's
not unbeatable encryption, but it's at least as good as a strong door
with a good lock.
Corsair has a Flash Padlock 2.0 drive that automatically locks in 15
seconds after you remove it from your computer. It has a keypad
right on the drive to let you unlock it.
< Click here for secure USB Flash Padlock >
Pretty cool.
Lexar has a Jumpdrive Secure Plus that has software built in to let you
create a vault of whatever size you want on the drive and prompt you
for a password and drive letter when you access it. Probably a bit
more secure than the Flash Padlock.
< Click here for Secure Lexar JumpDrive >
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SD Camera disks
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But if you are all about pictures and not security, maybe you want to
look at the Sandisk Extreme III SD Camera disk which comes the the
full version of Sandisk data recovery software for when you
accidentally delete some pics from either the camera or the disk
when working with it on your PC.
< Click here for Free Sandisk Rescue Pro w/ USB Flash Drive Purchase >
When you subtract the value of the Sandisk Rescue Pro
software, it makes the USB Flash Drive essentially free!
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Data recovery for pictures is a big topic around holiday time, so I
thought I would throw that in.
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