PCWorld’s, that is. They reviewed a gaggle of encrypted drives in the March issue. Seagate’s BlackArmor came out on top with a score of 93 out of 100.
A summary of the eight products studied.
Their observations on encrypted drives in general:
- Hardware-encrypted drives offer a performance boost over encryption that relies on software running on Windows.
- Encryption is far simpler with today’s crop of encrypted devices.
- Encrypted drive eliminate a lot of security worries, but they can’t prevent careless behavior.
It’s not so much a performance boost as a lack of any slowdown due to encryption. It happens 100% in hardware, at line speeds.
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