James Bond, Maxwell Smart and even Inspector Gadget would be impressed with the Defender Collection – a new line of highly secure, portable data storage products from Imation – the world’s leading digital storage manufacturer.
The Defender Collection consists of flash drives, external hard drives, and optical media including a Blu-ray Disc (to be released shortly), all compliant with and offering varying levels of FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standardization) certification, providing a secure solution for classified and critical information.
Truly ‘Bond-esque’ in design, the Defender F200 Biometric Flash Drive is a stand-out in the collection featuring biometric fingerprint identification, as well as password protection. FIPS 140-2, Level 3 validated, this USB stick is unique, meeting the most demanding regulatory requirements with AES 256-bit hardware encryption activated every time the USB flash drive is in use.
Imation’s Defender line is targeted to government, financial and healthcare industries, which are all adopting FIPS standards to secure and encrypt data at rest.
Said Imation Australia’s consumer business manager, Des McDaid, “The need for data security has always existed, but is continuing to grow with strong demand not only from government departments, financial services and the healthcare industry but from corporations and even consumers.
“Storing important as well as classified data on Flash Drives is becoming more commonplace,” he said. “Not only do Defender Flash Drives provide security from unauthorised users, they are designed to be water proof, dust proof and crush resistant, keeping everything from personal family documentation and irreplaceable photography secure from loss.
“We received a letter recently from a family in Brisbane who were severely affected by the recent flooding, with their home completely covered in water. Their Imation USB Flash Drive remained in-tact with all their files recovered after it was retrieved from the filthy floodwater,” said McDaid.
Eight products make up the range, incorporating the Defender F50 Pivot, the F100, F150 and F200 Biometric flash drives, all available in capacities ranging from 1GB to 32GB and offering security through on-board AES 256-bit hardware encryption, authentication and manageability. (Note: 64GB capacity F100 and F150 and F200 flash drives are expected to be launched in Australia as a second stage Defender release).
In addition to the flash product, Imation have launched two new external hard drives – the Defender H100 and H200 Biometric (also with fingerprint identification) each protecting up to 500GB of information housed in a distinguished rugged metal design.
Completing the package is a range of optical media in CD-R, DVD-Rand soon-to-be-released BD-R. Sensitive data can be stored on the discs with easy-to-use encryption and burning application available directly on the Imation Defender Printable Optical Media.
The Defender Collection is now available in Australia. For stockist details or more information on Imation’s Defender Range, visit www.imation.com.au or call 1800 225 013.
RRP:
F50 Pivot 2GB – $ 24.95
F50 Pivot 4GB – $ 34.95
F50 Pivot 8GB – $ 54.95
F50 Pivot 16GB – $ 94.95
F50 Pivot 32GB – $164.95
F100 1GB – $ 94.95
F100 2GB – $ 134.95
F100 4GB – $174.95
F100 8GB – $ 224.95
F100 16GB – $364.95
F100 32GB – $554.95
F150 1GB – $ 99.95
F150 2GB – $ 139.95
F150 4GB – $ 179.95
F150 8GB – $ 229.95
F150 16GB – $ 369.95
F150 32GB – $559.95
F200 +Bio 1GB – $ 189.95
F200 +Bio 2GB – $ 234.95
F200 +Bio 4GB – $ 284.95
F200 +Bio 8GB – $ 339.95
F200 +Bio 16GB – $ 479.95
F200 +Bio 32GB – $ 674.95
CD-R 52x 1pk jewel case white inkjet printable – $ 2.50
DVD-R 16x 1pk jewel case white inkjet printable – $ 2.95