IRONKEY: OVERVIEW
Managed Secure Mobile Storage, Strong Authentication and Portable Virtual Desktops for the Enterprise
USB flash drives with their small form factors, large storage capacities, and high transfer rates have revolutionised mobile data storage. An increasingly mobile workforce relies on these devices to transport files when they travel to customer sites, share data with partners and co-workers, use more than one computer, and work from home. USB flash drives also make it easy for workers who are travelling to back up business files.
The challenge for enterprise IT and security professionals becomes one of balancing the enormous productivity benefits of flash drives with the threats they pose to the organization. Easily lost or stolen, flash drives pose a risk of data loss and leakage, which carries with it the potential costs and liabilities of a data breach. In addition to allowing data to leave the organisation, flash drives can also allow malicious code to enter, infecting PCs and networks with dangerous malware and crimeware programs.
Always-On Military-Grade Hardware Encryption and Active Anti-Malware
IronKey, through research initially supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has focused on solving these critical challenges. The result is the world’s most secure USB flash. This intelligent mobile storage device combines an advanced Cryptochip (which protects data with AES 256-bit military grade encryption in hardware) with an array of physical and electromagnetic defences that prevent intruders from accessing the chips or encryption keys. Active malware defences further protect IronKey drives, and computers on which they are used, from becoming infected with viruses and worms.
Central Management, Policy-Based Remote Control, and Secure Device Recovery
Encryption alone is not sufficient to meet the data security and compliance needs of enterprise customers. That is why the IronKey Enterprise solution combines advanced management server software with capabilities built into IronKey drives to enable sophisticated central management and policy-based control over fleets of drives. IronKey central management includes secure device recovery and the ability to remotely disable or destroy drives that are lost, stolen or in the possession of former employees and other unauthorised users.
A Platform for Strong Two-Factor Authentication and Portable Virtual Desktops
Beyond the benefits of security and manageability, IronKey drives also comprise secure platforms for deploying portable virtual desktops. Additionally, organisations can use the onboard digital certificate or solutions from RSA SecurID or Cryptocard and other third parties to consolidate encrypted mobile storage and strong two-factor authentication in a single device.