Oi! After something of a hiatus, MacPCWiz is back in the saddle again. And we open up things with this new external hard drive from relative newcomers into the external storage industry — MXI Security. Found this at Ubergizmo.com:
…MXI Security has announced its Stealth HD line of secure hard drives that now offer storage capacities of up to 500GB. So what are the safety precautions? Well, the drive bears the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 seal of approval. For your reference, Level 2 means that the data is securely encrypted, while Level 3 makes it rather obvious if someone tried to open or tamper with the drive. Aside from that, the on-board Bluefly security processor manages authorization to reduce the risk of malware and spoofing. The drive can even be mounted in read-only mode, or run anti-malware and antivirus programs to further ensure the integrity of its contents. This drive is able to store the profiles of up to 10 users who are allowed to use the drive, and that’s where the biometric fingerprint scanner comes into play. Do you still think your data needs the best type of protection?
The rest of the blog posting at Ubergizmo.com.
The Stealth HD Bio - codename Outbacker
Paranoid much? Up to a certain point — and in this day and age — we understand the need to protect your important personal data. We’ve discussed recommended ways to back up your data — in external portable hard disks, for instance. MXI Security is taking your paranoia to the edge — or maybe, just maybe, you may have critical data that shouldn’t be left around for everyone to access. Then the Stealth HD Bio is for you. Encrypted, and protected by biometric security — fingerprint scanning, if you will. You fancy one? Pricing is still unavailable, but you can check out the company’s website here.
If you have data that really does not need that kind of security, as much as you need it to be available when you want it, but off your system as to not take up space — you can choose a portable hard drive, or alternatively, back up to blu-ray media. If you have a blu-ray burner — like our external blu-ray drive — that should be pretty easy.
