

(Opens in a new window) Read Our Seagate Fast SSD Review Beyond Tough Enough If you're not bound by such rules but still transport confidential or proprietary company information, or just have your personal passwords or bank account numbers stored on your drive, it pays to be security-conscious. Obviously, data protection is important if you're working in an environment in which the law (and common sense) requires you to secure customers' or users' personal info: If you're a teacher, a healthcare worker, a federal employee, an HR staffer, or someone subject to GDPR or similar requirements, security is not just sensible, it's mandatory. Portable for the Paranoidĭoes all this security matter? More and more, the answer is an emphatic yes. But measured by peace of mind, it's priceless. Measured by cost per gigabyte, the Aegis is wildly expensive. And even if you were forced to use the drive in a dust storm or cloudburst, the keypad's Ingress Protection rating of IP66 would make that a nonissue. Even if a villain managed to extract the drive from the case, your information would remain unbreakably encrypted. It combines secure PIN access and AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption, all enclosed in a handsome, tamper-proof case made of milled aluminum. The Aegis Fortress 元 ($359 for the 512GB SSD version tested) is the latest addition to the extensive line of secure external storage devices from Apricorn, and when the company named it Fortress, it wasn't kidding.
