Kingston launches encrypted USB drive: 145MB/s read, 115MB/s write under USB 3.2

IT House July 10 news, Kingston this week announced the launch of the IronKey Locker+50 encrypted USB flash drive (LP50 for short). It has a metal casing, built-in key ring, and is compact and convenient, measuring 60.56mm x 18.60mm x 9.60mm, and supports running on Windows and macOS.

The LP50 is available in four versions: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. It uses a USB 3.2 Gen 1 TYPE-A interface and comes with a cap.

In terms of performance, if you connect to the USB 3.2 channel, you can achieve up to 145MB/s continuous read and 115MB/s continuous write speed; if it is under the USB 2.0 channel, it can achieve up to 30MB/s read, 20MB/s write.

Kingston LP50 focuses on security encryption, supporting multiple passwords, administrator passwords and user passwords in complex password and phrase password modes.

The traditional complex password mode requires 3 of the 4 character sets to form a password of 6 to 16 characters, while the new phrase password mode allows users to use a numeric PIN, a sentence, or even a word of 10 to 64 characters List as password and supports international characters.

In order to reduce the number of failed logins, click the “eye” icon to enter the password in a visual state. If the user password is forgotten, the administrator password can be used to view data on the drive or reset the user password.

IT House learned that this consumer-grade encrypted flash drive has AES hardware encryption in XTS mode, and the digitally signed firmware can resist brute force password cracking and BadUSB attacks, thereby ensuring data security.

In addition, Kingston LP50 optional USBtoCloud function, whether it is Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Dropbox or Box can be used as personal cloud storage. In addition, Kingston comes pre-installed with all the required software and security features, and users do not need to install any additional applications.

Features and Specifications of the Kingston IronKey Locker+50 Encrypted USB Flash Drive:

• Hardware Encrypted USB Flash Drive with XTS-AES: Protect your valuable data from BadUSB and brute force attacks with built-in protection.

• Multiple password (admin/user) option with support for complex passwords and phrase passwords: Administrators can reset user passwords to restore user access to data.

• New Password Mode: Choose from Complex Password Mode or Phrase Password Mode. Passwords can be numeric PIN codes, sentences with space characters, groups of words, or even lyrics of 10 to 64 characters.

• Fully automatic personal cloud backup: You can view the data saved in IronKey Locker+50 through your personal cloud disk.

• Other security features: In order to reduce the number of failed logins, click the “eye” icon to enter the password in a visual state. Using the virtual keyboard feature, you can prevent passwords from being stolen by keyloggers or screenloggers.

• Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 1

• Capacity: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB

• Interface: USB Type-A

• speed:

USB 3.2 Gen 1: 16GB-128GB: 145MB/s read, 115MB/s write

USB 2.0: 16GB-128GB: 30MB/s read, 20MB/s write

• Support for cloud services: Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft), Amazon S3, Dropbox or Box

• Size: 60.56mm×18.60mm×9.60mm

• Working temperature: 0°C～60°C

• Storage temperature: -20°C～85°C

• Compatibility: USB 3.0 / USB 3.1 / USB 3.2 Gen 1

• Minimum system requirements: Two free consecutive drive letters are required for use

• Warranty/Support: 5-year limited warranty, free technical support. Each IKLP50 flash drive comes with a 5-year USBtoCloud license (after activation). After the software license expires, USBtoCloud can be licensed directly from ClevX.

• Compatibility: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, macOS (v.10.14.x-12.xx)