After several tries, the drive locks and requires a reset back to factory defaults-which means blank. Although you can reset the flash drive, you will not be able to recover your data. This feature can be set by users or admins.ĭO NOT LOSE YOUR PASSWORD. Kingston also includes Dual Read-Only (Write-Product) settings to stay off malware attacks in sketchy environments. In either case, even if the drive becomes physically compromised, the data won’t be readable by hackers without a key. It only rates FIPS 197 certifications as the hardware is not as robust as earlier versions, like the D3000 series, rated FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certifications based on the enhanced physical attributes. The core technology of the Kingston Ironkey Vault Privacy 50C still circles around XTS-AES 256-bit encryption. With both turned on, the device supports password resets and other features.Īlso new is the passphrase mode, which supports numeric PINs, sentences with space characters, lists of words, or other phrases (lyrics, line of Shakespeare, a curse) – from 10 to 64 characters long. The drive supports administrator-level support and user support. What’s new, however, is multiple access levels designed into the Vault Privacy 50.

I should say USB sticks are commodities until they are not commodities, and such is the case with the Kingston Ironkey Vault Privacy 50C 64GB Flash Drive-a standard enough looking USB stick until you stick it into a computer and it asks for a password. Go to a trade show, and people giving them away filled with product literature (which, yes, increasing is just a QR code with a ink to a web directory)-or found abandoned on desktops, in hotel rooms, and classrooms. Buy on Amazon Kingston Ironkey Vault Privacy 50C 64GB Flash Drive Review

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