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Company: Apricorn, Poway, CA
Company Description: Apricorn provides hardware-based 256-bit encrypted external storage products to companies and organizations that require high-level protection for their data at rest. Since we began in 1983, dozens of award-winning innovations have been developed under the Apricorn brand and a number of leading computer manufacturers on an OEM basis.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Hardware - Storage
 Nomination Title: Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3NXC
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
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- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:
New Product, released 07/23/2020
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
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The Aegis Secure Key 3NXC is the first hardware-encrypted USB external flash storage device with a USB-C connector, making it compatible with the next generation of laptops, smartphones, tablets and hubs, without the need for an A-to-C adapter. The significance of a software-free, hardware-encrypted flash key is that it works across a diverse computing landscape (MacBook, iPad, Android) which is particularly important as organizations around the globe continue a work-from-home or hybrid working model. The Aegis Secure Key 3NCX includes onboard keypad authentication, 256-bit AES XTS hardware encryption, complete cross-platform compatibility, read-only options, separate admin and user access, data recovery PINs, programmable PIN lengths, and Aegis Configurator compatibility.
It also offers a unique feature that is not available on any other hardware encrypted device: the ability to toggle between Fixed Disk and Removable Media (U.S. Pat. No 10,338,840). Like all products in the Apricorn USB storage family, the Aegis Secure Key 3NCX includes the following security advantages:
- No software involved –nothing to keylog or to hack
- OS Agnostic—completely cross platform compatible
- Onboard keypad—all authentication takes place within the device itself
- All data, passwords and encryption keys are 256-bit encrypted at rest
- No host computer involved in setup, authentication or encryption
- Forced Enrollment – Eliminates the vulnerability of factory pre-set PINs
- IP-68 validated against water and dust damage.
The Secure Key 3NXC is an easy to use device that makes keeping data secure both at home and in the office simple. The Secure Key 3NXC offers a range of six storage capacities from 4GB to 128GB, allowing IT administrators to align the device capacity with the needs of each individual employee, reducing overall cost of deployment. And when partnered with the Aegis Configurator, which automates device provisioning and policy enforcement, organizations can minimize the level of IT administration required, saving significant time and costs compared with manual configuration. IT administrators can also retain control of the devices, enabling them to be recovered in the event of a forgotten PIN.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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The Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3NXC has proven to be a highly secure, easy to use device that has made data protection easy and scalable for companies across all industries. It is also backed by Apricorn’s 39 year history as a San-Diego, California based company, which has set industry standards through it’s innovations.
The cost of a data breach can be very expensive both in monetary terms and reputation, however as many product reviews state – the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC is an excellent solution for any company or individual to keep their data ultra-secure.
As noted by Ben Lovejoy of 9to5Mac.com, “The Aegis Secure Key 3nxc is a different beast altogether. It has 100% hardware-based 256-bit AES XTS encryption (aka “military grade”) and also has FIPS 140-3 certification, aka Federal Information Processing Standards 140 Level 3. This means it is approved for storing sensitive US government or military data. In a nutshell, nobody short of a sophisticated nation state hacking team has any hope of accessing your data. But the key achieves this without much in the way of inconvenience. You simply enter a PIN to unlock it, and once unlocked it works exactly like any other USB key.”
Veteran technology expert, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet stated the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC is “the world's most versatile hardware-encrypted USB flash key”. He noted the ability to securely store data without having to install any software or add-ons to a computer or device. “This drive is everything I have come to like and expect from Apricorn hardware, now with a USB-C connector, which for me makes it the perfect drive to protect my data,” added Kingsley-Hughes.
Many reviewers have acknowledged the data security of the device. Les Tokar, a tech expert and law enforcement officer notes, “There is nobody that is getting data off this device physically or through hacking unless they have the password.”
https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/flash-drives/apricorn-aegis-secure-key-3nxc/2/
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he Computer Security Resource Center has provided validation that the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC has achieved FIPS 140-2 validation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (part of the US Department of Commerce). Which means that it meets the U.S. government standards for information technology and computer security as part of the cryptography standard program required by the US federal government for protection of sensitive data. Link to certificate: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/3703
The Aegis Secure Key 3NXC has industry-leading features as referenced here:
Additionally, Apricorn’s Aegis Secure Key 3NXC has received dozens of accolades, news mentions and reviews including the following:
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