SanDisk offers security and online backup for USBs

LAS VEGAS, USA: SanDisk Corporation has announced that it is offering encryption and online backup features across its entire retail USB portfolio.

A press release said that the SanDisk SecureAccess software protects files against unauthorized access by creating an encrypted, password-protected folder or “vault” on the USB drive. The software also includes up to 2 gigabytes (GB)1 of secure online backup storage offered by Dmailer2.

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“Data security has become an absolute necessity, and SanDisk USB drives with SecureAccess software offer an easy to use vault protected by AES encryption.”

“Business travelers lose more than 12,000 laptops each week in U.S. airports, and more than half of those laptops contain confidential or sensitive information,” said Kent Perry, director, product marketing, SanDisk. “Data security has become an absolute necessity, and SanDisk USB drives with SecureAccess software offer an easy to use vault protected by AES encryption.”

The release adds that encryption and online backup features will be shipping on SanDisk’s entire retail USB portfolio later in the first quarter of this year.

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