Acromove ThunderPack Crypto and Crypto+ Portable Storage Systems

Acromove, Inc.‘s ThunderPack Crypto and Crypto+ combine AES-256 encryption and battery operation for a product destined to become a standard for portable, high-capacity, secure digital storage.

Whenever recorded data is physically moved between locations it is a modern requirement that the files should be encrypted.

Almost every RAID product with encryption currently available uses at best a USB 3.0 (5Gb/s) connection.

The company is offering an encrypted RAID with both Thunderbolt 3 (40Gb/s) and USB 3.1 (10Gb/s) ports creating a fast, secure method of recording and transporting value data such as camera footage, legal documents and financial information.

“The hardware-based encryption on ThunderPack Crypto means there is no hit to performance while providing the highest level of military-grade protection for your data“, states Evangelos Achillopoulos, CTO, Acromove. “Keys are created and managed by the owner, and without our CryptoKey inserted the data becomes invisible to prying eyes“.

AES-256 encryption is used to protect classified information as well as being the first publicly accessible and open cipher approved by the NSA for top-secret information. The company’s CryptoKey has an embedded chip that matches up with the data stored on disk which means it is more secure than password-style keys that can be hacked using a keystroke logging virus. It cannot be copied, so it can’t be shared electronically.

The top-of-the-line ThunderPack Crypto+ also includes built-in Lithium Ion batteries and an external DC input connector. The batteries act as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) that switch on automatically in case of AC power loss. The unit can run up to six hours on battery power while also powering a laptop through the Thunderbolt 3 connection. The external DC input supports a 120W solar panel to operate, off the grid, as well as external packs like Anton Bauer’s Cine VCLX battery packs or even car batteries (with proper cables).

Each model includes the firm’s patented shockproof 2.5″ drive caddies that hold either HDDs or SSDs.

Th company recommends Seagate Technology LLC‘ laptop drives from one to 5TB (up to 40TB raw total) for capacity and low cost. When outfitted with SSDs, the performance is stunning with the Thunderbolt 3 interface, over 2,500MB/s at RAID-0. RAID-5 and RAID-6 can protect data even if one or two drives fail. Using many drives at lower capacities also make it faster to recover data if any get damaged.

The company showcased at IoTTech Expo North America, Santa Clara, CA.

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