14 DAY TRIAL // There have been, and still are, quite a few flash drives that claim to be among, if not the most secure solution for transporting data. Victorinox, however, seems bent on challenging those claims with a device said to go that extra mile when it comes to protecting data at all costs. The newest encrypted flash drive from the company is known as the Secure Pro and, in addition to radical means of restricting access to the stored files, has a few extra tools that aren't normally encountered in such a product.
The Victorinox Secure Pro measures 58 (L) x 18 (W) x 19.5 (H) mm and is designed to look like the Swiss Army Knife. Here, the company went ahead and even added such things as a blade, scissors, a pen and even a screwdriver/nail file.
These utilities, however, are just an accessory, as the real merit of the gadget lies in the length it would go to when it comes to denying file access. In fact, the product has a self-destruct mechanism which, in case of tampering, will immediately burn the processor and memory chip.
“Life is becoming more digital every day,” said Victorinox Secure’s designer Martin Kuster. “And yet people do so little to protect their data. The world’s most common password is ‘12345’ - and even encryption can be broken given time.”
“We wanted to create not only a product for today’s modern lifestyle but a new generation of memory stick that had all the values of functionality and reliability that the iconic Swiss Army Knife has come to represent” stated Carl Elsener Jr., Victorinox’s CEO. “We think of the Victorinox Secure as the digital Swiss Army Knife.”
The Secure Pro boasts AES256 encryption, a fingerprint reader and an LED white light. It will start shipping in April and will come in capacities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, priced between £50 and £180.