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Lothian and Borders Police have lost a memory stick containing the details of hundreds of their investigations: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7932228.stm
Let them take note from a small IT company in the north of Scotland. Our Ironkey USB memory sticks are so secure, that it doesn’t matter if you lose them. Apart from being encrypted so they won’t work without the military-grade encryption key, known only to the owner.
But their greatest feature is their ability to self-destruct. After ten incorrect password attempts, the security chip inside them will literally self-destruct and permanently be rendered useless, even to their original owner or the manufacturer.
Ah, but a determined hacker will desolder the chip and gain entry from inside the drive, I hear you say. Not on the Ironkey. It is filled with epoxy resin, so it cannot be cut into or dismantled with breaking it.
They’re under £50 and a small price to pay for a police force which holds sensitive data.
I’m expecting a phone call any day.
