Archive for May, 2011:
The Power of AES 256 Encryption
Make no mistake, data encryption is one of the most successful methods of securing information. Effective data encryption can protect you or your business from confidential data falling into the wrong hands, so it’s important to get a better understanding of how the process works.
To encrypt information, one uses an algorithm to modify data into something meaningless, unreadable, and useless. To people familiar with data encryption, the algorithm is usually called a “cipher” and to decipher it, you would need something commonly referred to as a “key.” Without an understanding of both the cipher and key, an individual in possession of the encrypted data has no way of rearranging it back into its original form. Your data is secure and the potential criminal or hacker is out of luck. Read more »
Subscribe to the comments for this postHardware vs. Software Based Encryption for USB Flash Drives
When choosing a Secure USB Flash Drive to transport your sensitive data, you will get the most protection and performance from a drive that uses hardware based encryption. Here’s why…
Encryption is the process of transforming information–text or data–using an algorithm (a specific set of rules or steps) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, or the key. (We’ll talk more about this in our next post when we look at AES-256 encryption). The process of encrypting or decrypting data can be performed two ways: software encryption which uses some of the processing power in your computer to execute the algorithm or hardware encryption.
1. Software encryption, while it is effective, is just that: a software program that is installed on your computer like any other software program. This means that it can be hacked in the same fashion other Windows programs get hacked on a daily basis. Not that these programs are easy to hack, but if you were to lose your USB flash drive a skilled computer hacker could use what is called “brute force attack” to unlock the drive and steal your data. They would try to unlock the data by trying every possible key with nothing to curb this process. Read more »
The Secret To Maximum Aleratec Savings
Smart shoppers know, to get the very best price on a quality product, you take a trip to an outlet store, or you skip the drive and check the outlets online. Consumers who want the very best price on Aleratec’s quality products visit the Aleratec Outlet Store online.
The Aleratec Outlet Store offers savings of up to 75%. For anyone looking for a great deal, the Aleratec Outlet Store is the perfect place to shop.
Customers using the online outlet include prosumers–such as wedding and event videographers–who want professional grade equipment at great prices; start-ups and educators working with tight budgets; State and Local governments looking to stretch their dollars; even large companies wisely watching their department budgets (including a Fortune 500 or two).
Price isn’t the only reason to shop at the Aleratec Outlet Store. Besides deals and savings you won’t find anywhere else, Read more »
Disc Gone Bad
We’ve all had it happen. Our favorite DVDs or our most important CDs suddenly became scratched and seem to be beyond repair. Optical discs (CDs/DVDs and Blu-ray discs) are very durable but it’s practically impossible to keep them scratch free. One minor scratch can result in a huge loss of data or a skip and even cause lock up on game discs. Most people would toss that scratched disc in the garbage, but unless the scratch is very deep or is located on the label side of the disc (commonly called foil damage), there’s actually another solution: repair the scratch or clean the disc to restore satisfactory operation.
To understand how this works, let’s first take a closer look at the genetic makeup of commonly used optical discs:
CDs consist of four layers: a polycarbonate substrate, a layer of organic dye, a metalized reflective layer, and a protective Read more »
