Kingston Digital Awarded Five-Out-of-Five Stars Rating from SC Magazine in Portable Device Security Review

 
Sydney, Australia -- August 24, 2011-- Kingston Digital, Inc, the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced that its DataTraveler® 4000-Managed (DT4000-M) received the highest rating available ― five stars ― from the prestigious SC Magazine in a review of Portable Security Devices. To view the article, please visit http://www.scmagazineus.com/kingstonblockmaster--datatraveler-4000-m/review/3523/.

The DT4000-M was considered a very secure choice for enterprises due to the USB Flash drives full range of features including, performance, usability, support and value for money. “The drive itself uses hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption to protect the data that is stored locally, but the real power comes by way of the console. Here, administrators can set policies for passwords and device use, device locking and auditing files,” the review stated.

In 2010, Kingston® partnered with BlockMaster® to leverage its SafeConsole® management platform to enhance the portfolio of DataTraveler solutions, with managed data security and reliability of FIPS 140-2 validated USB Flash drives. The SC Magazine five-star award acknowledges the robustness of the Kingston DT4000-M along with the BlockMaster ‘SafeConsole for Kingston’ management solution.

“The DT4000-M offers enterprises an easy way to manage USB Flash drive security and is an excellent value for money” Peter Stephenson, Technology Editor of SC Magazine. The product offers several policy options available and features full-file auditing and forensic capabilities in the event of possible data leakage. Peter goes on to say, “The Kingston-encrypted DataTraveler Flash drives have been a personal favorite for years. This one is no disappointment.”

Managed, secure USBs can serve as the cornerstone of an organization’s security policy procedures, education and enforcement. Kingston’s managed secure USB Flash drives combined with SafeConsole, enable enterprises to audit, track and control the data residing on the Flash drives. Administrators are able to execute specific managed features including; configuring password and device policies, remotely reset passwords and can audit for compliancy. These plus a range of advanced features are all available through the SafeConsole software. The SafeConsole for Kingston server software is accessed through a standard web browser and includes an option to reflect the corporate directory and the organisational unit structure.

“We’re pleased to receive this top ranking from SC Magazine,” said John Terpening, Secure USB Business Manager, Kingston. “Enterprises spend millions to deploy multi-layered security protections to defend against losing valuable data via hacks and other external forces. Complementing that, they must continue to educate employees and define policies that call for the use of secure and managed USB Flash drives, to protect critical data and substantially minimize risk exposure. Kingston makes it easy for organizations to address this issue with a range of solutions at different price points to ensure that data on corporate USBs is secure.”

The family of Kingston/BlockMaster SafeConsole-Ready managed solutions includes:

• DT4000 ― Managed:

• DataTraveler Vault Privacy ― Managed (DTVP-M):

• SafeConsole for Kingston*: