Apricorn 2TB Aegis Fortress L3 - FIPS Validated Portable Drive

The Aegis Fortress L3, designed to completely meet NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 3 requirements, is a secure USB external drive that offers exceptional data protection. Milled from a solid block of aircraft-grade 6061 aluminum alloy, the enclosure features snap-off uni-directional security fasteners and a membrane-style keypad. All data is encrypted on the fly as it's being written to the drive using AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption, ensuring that your data remains secure even if the hard drive is extracted from its enclosure.

The Aegis Fortress L3 is ready to use right out of the box, with no software, drivers, or updates required. It is completely cross-platform compatible, excelling on any PC, Mac, Linux, or mass storage compliant system with a powered USB port. The L3 features forced enrollment, a security feature that eliminates factory-preset default pins and requires the Admin to establish a pin before the device can be used. All pin entries are performed on the device's keypad, making it compatible with systems without keyboards and ensuring that no security parameters are shared with the host computer.

The L3 offers two Read-Only modes, perfect for accessing data on the drive in a public setting to protect against USB viruses and ideal for applications that require data to be preserved in its original, unaltered state. The device also has a brute-force defense mechanism, which, after a predetermined number of consecutive incorrect pin entries, will perform a crypto-erase – deleting the encryption key and rendering all of the drive's data useless.

For added flexibility, the Aegis Fortress L3 can be customized with the Apricorn Aegis Configurator (sold separately), allowing users to create custom profiles and mass configure multiple Aegis devices at once. This secure USB external drive is Apricorn's fastest and most rugged 256-bit AES XTS encrypted offering, delivering exceptional data protection and versatility.

In conclusion, the Aegis Fortress L3 is a comprehensive solution for secure data storage and management, designed to meet the stringent NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 3 requirements and provide users with robust encryption, flexible usage modes, and advanced security features.

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