SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 25, 2013) - SPYRUS announced today the availability of the Secure Pocket Drive (SPD) Build Your Own Linux Program with its award-winning Secure Pocket Drive bootable USB product line. Secure Pocket Drive is a secure trusted endpoint that augments a worker's desktop and provides a secure computing environment on the Internet or for cloud computing applications. The SPD Build Your Own Linux Program includes a set of unique SPD Linux Builder Utilities, which gives users the ability to create and manage their own personal, portable, and secure Linux operating environment.
The SPD Linux Builder Utilities contain everything an administrator or user would require to configure and manage the Secure Pocket Drive with the Linux operating system environment. The software includes a security initialization utility that generates new cryptographic keys in the SPD hardware, sets password and logon policies, and locks/unlocks the encrypted compartment as needed for updating the operating system or applications. In addition, "admin utilities" are provided to reset the user password by the administrator and to change the administrator password when required. Finally, Microsoft® Windows® and Linux compatible utilities are provisioned directly on the boot compartment of the SPD to allow the user to manage their password.
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Secure Pocket Drive can be set up in two different configurations. The Read-Only Configuration is a hardware-enforced read-only USB which does not persistently save any data to the Linux operating environment, similar to a CDROM, and helps prevent the transfer of malware from the machine it is booting from. The Read-Writable Configuration has the capability to run productivity applications such as OpenOffice, and allows for storing data persistently to the encrypted compartment. Both configurations can be used online when connected to a network or the internet or offline with no network.
Both configurations employ the same Suite B On Board® hardware security infrastructure that is built into the SPYRUS Hydra Privacy Card® family. All Secure Pocket Drives use only digitally signed memories by SPYRUS. Moreover, hardware-based XTS-AES 256-bit full disk encryption (NIST SP800-38E) encrypts and secures the operating system, applications, and data on the drive. SPD also has built-in security checks that make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to break into the drive without rendering it inoperable to the hacker.
The SPYRUS SPD Build Your Own Linux Program is extremely cost-effective. Users can expect to realize hardware refresh savings and increased security, as they will be able to reuse existing personally owned computers. The SPD boots quickly and easily from older computers that have been running Windows XP, even without a hard drive, to extend return on investment on these unused assets.
With the SPYRUS SPD Build Your Own Linux Program, multiple SPYRUS patents are used to lock the Linux OS to the device and provide cryptographic protection against modification to the boot loader and the operating system. The patented methods enforce on-the-fly integrity validation to enable fast and secure boot-up and enhance the user experience without suffering the performance or vulnerability penalties incurred by other bootable products. The patented Secure Pocket Drive was designed from the ground up with strong FIPS 140-2 Level 3 hardware, US Government-approved, next-generation cryptographic algorithms, and extensive built-in self-checking functionality to protect the device, the operating system, and the user.
SPYRUS will be previewing its Secure Pocket Drive for Linux in booth 2333 at the RSA Security Conference 2013 in San Francisco, CA, February 25-28.
About SPYRUS, Inc.
SPYRUS has had three years of tremendous success with strong demand in the public and private sectors for their bootable Secure Pocket Drive for Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows XP. This technical and industry leadership, combined with security-enhanced features and performance, makes SPYRUS a great choice for a Windows To Go platform. Secured by SPYRUS™ security-enhanced technology is proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standards. SPYRUS is headquartered in San Jose, California. See www.spyrus.com for more information.
Secure Pocket Drive is protected by U.S. Patents 7,757,100, 7,380,140, 6,088,802, and 6,981,149, with other patents pending. SPYRUS, the SPYRUS logo, Secure Pocket Drive, Hydra Privacy Card, and Suite B On Board are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SPYRUS, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. All other company, organization, and product names are trademarks of their respective organizations.