KINGSTON IronKey Vault Privacy 50C 512GB USB 3.0 Type C Blue

The Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50C is a 512GB USB flash drive with a USB Type-C connector that protects sensitive data with AES 256-bit hardware encryption in XTS mode. The encryption is FIPS 197 certified, and digitally signed firmware guards against BadUSB attacks. It suits users who prefer to keep their files under their own physical control rather than in the cloud.

Brute Force protection blocks the user or one-time recovery passwords after ten consecutive invalid entries, and ten failed attempts at the administrator password trigger a cryptographic erase of the data. Multiple passwords for administrator, user and one-time recovery can be set. Complex mode allows passwords of 6 to 16 characters, while the new passphrase mode accepts numeric PINs, sentences, word lists or song lyrics of 10 to 64 characters.

To protect against malware on untrusted systems, the drive can be set to read-only. A built-in virtual keyboard shields passwords from keyboard and screen loggers. The drive weighs 20 g and offers read speeds of up to 250 MB/s and write speeds of up to 180 MB/s.