Information leakage is forgiven! Surprised by the robustness and convenience of the portable SSD "G-DRIVE ARMORLOCK SSD" (page 1/3)

The risk of leakage of information during telework is often involved in the network, such as being unauthorized access to poor security PCs and communication. Now that Corona's evil has calmed down a lot, the arrival between the office and the home has revived, and the notebook PCs used at work have been left on the train shelf, and the external storage with data is dropped. It is expected that accidents will increase due to traditional factors.

In order to prevent such a situation, it is quick to prohibit strict tightening and external storage in the IT department in the company, but more than anything else is more inconvenient, and telework at home is in the New Normal era. It is not realistic now that it has become recognized as a way of working.

The use of an external storage with a strong security function. This time, I have a chance to try the Western digital external storage "G-DRIVE ARMORLOCK SSD" (hereinafter, Armorlock), which has to be realized, "This is definitely".

Here we use a 1TB model, but there are other 2TB and 4TB models. Both are made to order at a consumer electronics retailer (some models can be purchased on Amazon etc.), and the warranty period is 5 years.

It doesn't seem like a portable. What I felt was the size of the body that made me speak out of my mind. That should be the case, we have used multiple portable SSDs so far, but they all have a compact size smaller than the palms, and they seemed to be in the front pocket for women's pants, but this Armorlock is on the finger. It is a palm -sized hand -sized in the length of the hand, just like a storage (3 inch HDD) with a disk.

The body size of the manufacturer is about 81.53 (width) x 134.37 (depth) x 18.54 (Thickness) mm, weighs about 200g (actual measured value is 194g), but it can be held with one hand, but it is exceptional as a portable SSD. It feels bigger than the portable HDD (left) purchased several years ago Comparison of size with Western digital portable HDD. ARMORLOCK is slightly thicker. The surrounding area is made of rubber, so it is hard to slip, but it is somewhat dusty Package. Is a list of accessories with the "Sandisk Professional" logo. It seems to be the latest model that contains USB Type-C → USB Type-A cable and USB Type-C → USB Type-C cable. ing. Therefore, if you feel that the attached cable is short, I am grateful that you can use what you have. There is an access lamp on the top part

Of course, this size is now available. There is a reason. Products, which were developed as professionals such as images and photographers that were not allowed, were reorganized under the Sandisk Professional brand in 2021, and the Armorlock is also a member.

Therefore, it not only endures up to 3 meters, but also has £ 1000 (about 453 kg). In addition, it also has a high -grade waterproof performance of IP67 (the dust does not enter the inside, and the water does not enter even if it sinks into the water in a depth of 15cm to 1m in the water depth for 30 minutes). Even if you drop it from the backpack you carry on a rainy day, it is unlikely that the saved data will disappear.

I know it's physically sturdy, but is the data safe even if someone picks up after "dropped"?

Armorlock is compatible with 256bit Aes-XTS format hardware encryption. XTS is a type of block encryption usage mode, and it is a very high security function by combining with AES-256bit in order to encrypt and decrypt the block split data to the divided data. It is an encryption technology.

Moreover, the key management uses a NIST P-256 elliptical curve-based encryption, which is said to have a fast processing speed. Thanks to that, it is an external storage that protects data and does not compromise on speed.

The place where encryption is not left to users is also a factor that enhances security functions. What a smartphone with a dedicated application unless you use the initial settings, you need to unlock from a smartphone that has been set (or approved as a user) every time you connect to a PC or other device. 。

In addition, access permit to location information using the GPS function of the smartphone is required, and the final point accessed by the data is recorded. The device of double and triple that enhances safety is elaborate.

In this case, even if you are a person like me who tends to say "password setting or troublesome", it will definitely encrypt (that is, password setting). There is nothing safe.

In addition, it is troublesome to open a smartphone every time (hereinafter abbreviated), but if you use a certain mechanism, it will avoid the troublesomeness and the security function. You can collater. Let's actually use it.

First of all, the initial settings are required

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