"The Most Significant Breach of US Military Computers Ever"

… was caused by a malware-loaded USB flash drive. Plugging the drive into an American military laptop at a base in the Middle East amounted to "a digital beachhead, from which data could be transfered to servers under foreign control," according to William J. Lynn III, deputy secretary of defense.

This could not have happened if SPYRUS Hydra Privacy Card® (Hydra PC™) portable encryption devices were in use.

• Data Containment: Keys can be reconstituted only if K of N security components are present. HPC cannot be unlocked outside of a security domain, even if the password is known. Adversary or rogue cannot compromise device or contents.
• Assign specific devices to specific systems for absolute control.
• Block unauthorized devices: An unauthorized device is no longer a threat.
• Every file is encrypted under a unique key.
• Files are sealed—device serial number and timestamp are embedded, preventing alteration.
• Altered files are blocked from decryption, so worms and viruses cannot be triggered.
• Sentry A-V: Files are scanned for viruses before encryption and again before decryption.
• Two- (or more) Man Control: One person unlocks the device; another unlocks one or more files on it.

Read more about the breach, find out how to address the issues, and learn more about secure flash drives on the SPYRUS director of product management's private blog.

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