It’s not the fastest drive you can buy - it offers up to 77MB/s read and 72MB/s write rates - but the priority here is security rather than speed, and you won’t have any complaints in this department. The hardware keypad does mean the drive is a lot longer than most (it measures 81mm x 18.4mm x 9.5mm), but that shouldn’t be too much of an issue. I’ve been using the 3NX for a while now, and it’s great. It can also be configured as Removable Media or Fixed Disk. This is something that has been addressed with the 3NX, and the drive is noticeably cooler. You can also create a self-destructing PIN that will wipe everything when entered, a handy last line of defense.Īs I observed in my review at the start of the year, the Aegis Secure Key 3z did tend to get very hot when in use. After a number of unsuccessful attempts (this can be anything between 4 and 20), the drive will delete its encryption key and be unable to decrypt your stored data.
The drive also comes with brute force protection in order to stop anyone bashing in multiple PIN guesses. Wear resistant rubberized buttons means that your PIN digits won’t be revealed as a result of constant use. It offers complete cross-platform compatibility, a read-only option, separate admin and user access, data recovery PINs, programmable PIN lengths, and Aegis Configurator compatibility (a Windows-based app that can set up multiple devices simultaneously). The drive offers the same feature set as its predecessor, the Aegis Secure Key 3z, and is FIPS-140-2 Level 3 certified for security (it uses 256-bit AES XTS encryption) and IP-67 certified water and dust resistant. Admin PINs need to be between 7 and 16 digits in length, and can’t contain all consecutive numbers (so no 1234567) or be all the same numbers (no 1111111). Press the unlock key and the number 9 key, and when the green LED begins blinking, enter your choice of PIN, press unlock, and then enter it a second time and press unlock once more. To create an Admin PIN, press the unlock key, and the green and blue LEDs should glow, indicating no PIN exists. Unlike other similar such products, the 3NX doesn’t come with a default PIN, so the first thing you’ll need to do is set one up. It’s powered by an internal battery and charges whenever connected to a USB port. Once plugged in, it will function like a regular USB drive. Provided the PIN has been recognized, the green LED will flash for the next 30 seconds, giving you time to connect the drive to a USB port.
In order to use it, you just need to wake up the drive by pressing the unlock button, enter an Admin or User PIN, and then press unlock again. The new USB 3.1 thumbdrive from Apricorn has a built in alphanumeric keypad.
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