Re: Protecting USB hard drives that have backup data on them

[Dennis Dayman <dennis () thenose net>]

Scott Race wrote:
> I have a few USB hard drives that I use for redundant backup purposes,
> as a 'just in case'.  I like having the USB as it allows me to move them
> around, though I realize they are not safe since they can be stolen much
> easier.
>  
> Would full disk encryption be the best way to secure these?  I know I
> could mount the drives internally, but would like to keep them USB and
> just secure as best I can.  
>  
> My goal is to make it so that if someone did steal the drives, the data
> could not be removed.  I also want to make it easy for my backup
> software (using RSYNC for Windows) to write to the drive.  Any advice is
> appreciated. Thanks!

I think Dave Jevans (founder of APWG) new company Ironkey does this.

https://www.ironkey.com/

-Dennis