Government Security News has a special section on Telework and Continuity Planning.  Among the topics is the security threat associated with mobile workers.  One of the key concerns is “the connection of infected devices to internal networks”.  This threat has increased to due viruses that can auto-run and infect a computer from a USB device.

Kanguru Defender Elite USB flash drive will soon be shipping standard with anti-virus protection built-in.  The device is fully encrypted with 256-bit AES hardware encryption, so that mobile workers can transport data without fear of data theft.

The ability to work from any location may be crucial to restoring government services in the event of an emergency.  However, agencies might be introducing new risks if portability is not coupled with security.

Data Security, Government, Portable Storage

The Tech Report reviews the Kanguru eFlash – eSATA Flash Drive and discusses the state of the industry regarding USB3.0 and eSATA adoption.

So what about external Serial ATA? eSATA ports have slowly become common on even mid-range motherboards, and they’ve even popped up in a few laptops. The interface is plenty quick, too, offering transfer rates up to 300MB/s. But eSATA is just a data pipe, so it can’t provide connected drives with power. That has to come from an external source, which has typically involved bulky power adapters for eSATA enclosures that plug into wall sockets. Auxiliary cables are cumbersome at best, and they’re certainly not appropriate for pocket-sized flash drives.

Fortunately, a better solution exists. A hybrid eSATA/USB connector has been developed that elegantly melds USB and external Serial ATA plugs.

The eFlash once again scored highly on speed benchmarks and the PCI adaptor kit was noted as a “perfect addition” to the package.

Data Backup, Portable Storage

Due to popular demand, the Kanguru Hard Drive Duplicator now features full support for Solid State Drives.  SSD’s, which are rapidly replacing standard hard drives in laptops and netbooks, can be imaged, resized and sanitized using the HDD Duplicator.

Typical applications include:

• Deploying new laptops with a standard image of Operating System and Applications
• Upgrading an older drive to a new larger drive without partitioning
• Creating a full system back-up to use in the event of a hard drive crash
• Securely wiping all data before re-using or disposing

Adaptors for mini-SATA and micro-SATA connections are available.

Duplication

Kanguru has just released a slim version of the popular QS DVDRW external DVD Burner.  The new Slim QS is compact and draws power from the USB connection – no external power supply!

Kanguru Slim QS DVDRW

Retail price is $59.95.  Available here and here.

Data Backup, Duplication

The Kanguru e-Flash has just been upgraded to 64GB of memory, making it the largest e-SATA flash drive available in the world.  With five times the transfer speed of an ordinary USB flash drive, the Kanguru e-Flash is perfect for large data transfers and backups.

Read the reviews here.

Visit our authorized resellers for more information.

Data Backup, Portable Storage

Via Federal Computer Week, the US DOE inspector general recently performed an IT security audit and found that “the department hadn’t ensured that sensitive data stored on mobile devices, sent in e-mail messages, or sent to off-site backup storage is sufficiently protected by encryption, as appropriate.”

The DOE partially agreed with the findings but added:

…taking adequate steps to ensure that there is no sensitive information on laptops or mobile devices should be sufficient without requiring encryption of all data on all devices.

This seems to rely a great deal on user behavior and will be vulnerable to malicious actions or just poor judgment by employees.

Data Security, Government, Portable Storage

Kanguru has just released the next generation Duplication product!

The Kanguru Blu-Ray Duplicator is a high-speed, stand-alone duplication system capable of duplicating Blu Ray discs, DVDs and CDs.  A user friendly LCD and high speed SATA drives make it extremely fast and easy to use.  The LCD menu also enables you to perform tasks such as Compare, Copy & Compare, Test, Test & Copy, Mix Audio Tracks, Erase and Auto Copy.

More details and specifications will be available soon at www.kanguru.com.  Contact an authorized Kanguru reseller to order now.

UPDATED:  Product link

Data Backup, Duplication

Kanguru is now offering extended warranty plans on new Hard Drive and DVD Duplication units.  Plans will be 1-Year or 2-Year extensions.  The products have a 1-Year standard warranty, so coverage could be up to 3 years total.  We understand that customers want to protect their investments in IT equipment and that products and companies are judged over a lifetime of use.

Extended warranties are available up to 30 days after the purchase of your Duplicator.  Just contact Kanguru or your favorite reseller.

Duplication

PC Magazine has given the Kanguru e-Flash four stars in a recent review.

It excelled even more with eSATA, with a 26.4-MBps write speed—an 86 percent boost in average write speed over USB 2.0. Read speeds jumped 27 percent to 32 MBps over eSATA.

View the speed test results here.

For a round-up of e-Flash reviews, see our previous post.  Last year, Kanguru Defender was reviewed with an early version of Kanguru Remote Management Console at Tom’s Hardware.

UPDATE (4/14/09):  Government Computer News has also published a review of the Kanguru e-Flash.

Scorecard:

 It looks ordinary at first but use it to transfer a gigabyte or two of data and you’ll realize that it almost has super powers.

Data Backup, Government

The popular Kanguru DVD Duplicator received an overhaul this winter, and now features faster speeds and additional functionality.  See full announcement.

Kanguru DVD Duplicators

Duplication