Apricorn, a leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, is pleased to announce its Aegis NVX™ has been nominated to compete in the 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.

Launched in May 2023, the Aegis NVX™ from Apricorn provides immediate ultra-secure storage compatible with high-speed multimedia devices, ensuring maximum data security at breakneck speeds.

The Aegis NVX™ read/write speeds are more than five times those of encrypted hard disk drives (HDDs) and nearly triple those of encrypted solid-state drives (SSDs).

This latest generation of Aegis Secure Drives incorporates all of the upper-level security features customers expect from Apricorn, combined with a patented proprietary NVMe architecture to deliver 256-bit hardware encryption at transfer speeds of up to 1000MB/s.

(See a brief overview of Apricorn’s extensive line of software-free, platform-agnostic, onboard-authenticated 256-bit hardware-encrypted USB storage devices. Courtesy of Apricorn and YouTube.)

The risk of data loss to government agencies and businesses is tremendous.

As organizations generate more data (exceeding 100 zettabytes in 2023), they experience higher data loss levels than ever before, whether through cybercrime, system failures, or human error. The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Incident Report noted that 82% of breaches involved human error.

All organizations should securely store data, but those in particular industries—including military intelligence, digital forensics, filmmaking, and healthcare—are required to secure large amounts of data as quickly as they are created, which can often occur in remote, offline locations.

This has traditionally been a manual, cumbersome, multi-step task that required exchanging external hard drives and batteries. This results in a lag between data creation and encryption.

The risk of human error in this process is very high, as is the risk of theft-in-transit, whereby raw data is stolen before it can be encrypted.

Apricorn saw an opportunity to create an NVMe-based product with encrypted storage for users operating ultra-fast devices such as radiology imaging machines or digital video cameras. Beyond creating an NVMe speed device that is small, rugged, and includes all the necessary security features.

Apricorn applied its unique approach based on the company’s 40-year legacy as a pioneer in secure device innovation. It essentially removed the lag between creating data and encrypting it.

Apricorn patented the design, which takes high-speed output and simultaneously writes and encrypts data on-the-fly.

The Aegis NVX™ high-speed read/write capabilities are sought after in the aforementioned fields (military intelligence, digital forensics, filmmaking, and healthcare), where write speeds over 600Mb/s are critical.

Regardless of whatever machine it is being used with – a digital camera in the film industry or radiotherapy cameras in healthcare, the Aegis NVX™ can keep up speed-wise and encrypt data and images as they are created.

While the Aegis NVX™ is Apricorn’s first device to utilize their new design-patented NVME architecture, it still functions like all Apricorn secure drives in that it shares no CSPs with its host, and employs no software component in its authentication and encryption processes.

In contrast to software-encrypted devices that require host-computer interaction, the Aegis NVX’s onboard keypad facilitates its own authentication, and its internal encryption module performs all encrypting and decrypting processes.

This is key to its compatibility with virtually any operating system and equipment without an operating system or keyboard.

Roughly 75% the size of a smartphone, the NVX enclosure is milled from a solid block of 6061 aluminum alloy and assembled with breakaway headless fasteners and epoxy thread lock. The wear-resistant membrane keypad has been tested to 10,000 presses.

Tough enough to go anywhere, the Aegis NVX™ fits easily into a pocket or briefcase. Available in 3 storage capacities, the Aegis NVX is Software-Free, 100% hardware-based 256-bit AES XTS encrypted, and onboard keypad PIN authenticated with ultra-fast USB 10Gbs data transfer speeds.

All Data is encrypted on the fly, and all PINs and Data remain encrypted while the drive is at rest. Completely cross-platform compatible and OS agnostic, the Aegis NVX thrives with Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Symbian, and Chrome.

Being software-free, the Aegis NVX™ also thrives in environments without a computer keyboard, such as embedded systems and equipment with a powered USB port and storage file system but no keyboard.

Apricorn provides secure storage innovations to the most prominent companies in the categories of finance, healthcare, education, and government throughout EMEA, North America, and Canada. The company’s products have become the trusted standard for many data security strategies worldwide.

Founded in 1983, numerous award-winning products and patents have been developed under the Apricorn brand and for several leading computer manufacturers on an OEM basis.

To learn more, please visit Apricorn.com

Apricorn Aegis NVX™ Nominated in 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards, the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Government Excellence Awards Program, now entering its Ninth Year, recognizes industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.

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Homeland Security remains at the forefront of our national conversation as we experience an immigration crisis along our southern border and crime rates that are dramatically higher than before the Pandemic across the United States.

These challenges have become a national priority with an influx of investments in innovative new technologies and systems.

Enter American Security Today, the #1 publication and media platform in the Government Security and Homeland Security fields, with a circulation of over 75,000 readers and many tens of thousands more who visit our AST website at www.americansecuritytoday.com each month.

The pinnacle of the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Ceremony Luncheon Banquet, an exclusive, full-course plated meal event in the heart of New York City.

The continually evolving ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Government Excellence Awards Program will highlight the trail of Accomplished Women in Leadership in 2024.

So be on the lookout for exciting upcoming announcements of Speakers, Presenters, Book Signing Opportunities, and Attendees at the 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon in November of 2024 in New York City!

In 2023, this exclusive sold-out event featured at ISC East, well over two hundred representatives of law enforcement, public safety, and industry leaders came together to honor the selfless service of those who stand on the front lines – and those who stand beside them – providing the capabilities and technologies to create a safer world for future generations.

Comprehensive collaborations between these private and public sectors have led to the development of innovative intelligence and technologies that serve to protect our Nation.

Steven Dettelbach, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) and Explosives, delivered the keynote address at the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security and Excellence in Public Safety Awards Ceremony and Banquet Luncheon.

Director Dettelbach spoke with passion on the epidemic of Gun Violence by Illegal Guns taking place across the United States, which results in over 125 deaths daily and impacting generations of families – leaving open chairs at holiday events.

Firearm injuries were the leading case of death for children for the third year in a row, he explained, and have doubled in the U.S. since 2021, levels that are simply intolerable.

Director Dettelbach lauded the strong partnerships with Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Policing that ATF has earned and relies upon to reduce violence and spoke with admiration as a former prosecutor on the selfless sense of mission and drive that is universal across the entire First Responder Community.

The prestigious Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program highlights the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.

The ‘ASTORS’ was specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit, and intelligence to end-users in a variety of government, homeland security, enterprise, and public safety vertical markets.

(See a few highlights during the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security and Government Excellence Awards Ceremony and Banquet Luncheon in NYC during ISC East on November 16, 2023. Courtesy of AST, My Pristine Images, and Vimeo.)

AST puts forward the Largest and Most Qualified Circulation in Government with Over 75,000 readers on the Federal, State and Local levels.

AST Digital Publications are distributed to over 75,000 qualified government and homeland security professionals in federal, state, local, and private security sectors.

‘PROTECTING OUR NATION, ONE CITY AT A TIME’

AST Reaches Private and public Experts, which is essential to meeting these new challenges.

Today’s new generation of public safety and security experts need real-time knowledge to deal with domestic and international terrorism, lone wolf attacks, unprecedented urban violence, shifts in society, culture, and media bias – making it increasingly difficult for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Military and Private Security Professionals to implement coordinated security measures to ensure national security and improve public safety.

These experts are from the Government at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as from private firms allied to the government.

AST provides a full plate of topics in our AST Monthly Magazine Editions, AST Website, and AST Daily News Alerts, covering 23 Vital Sectors such as Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Video Surveillance/Analytics, Airport Security, Border Security, CBRNE Detection, Border Security, Ports, Cybersecurity, Networking Security, Encryption, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Campus Security, Security Services, Corporate Facilities, and Emergency Response among others.

AST has Expanded readership into integral Critical Infrastructure audiences such as Protection of Nuclear Facilities, Water Plants and Dams, Bridges and Tunnels, and other potential targets of terrorism.

Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting and Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools and Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

To learn more about ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, Be On the LookOut for the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2023 ‘A Year in Review.’

The Annual CHAMPIONS edition reviews ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firm’s products and services, including video interviews and more.

It will serve as your Go-To Source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2023 Products and Services’ endorsed by American Security Today and can satisfy your agency’s and/or organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection, and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware, and Networking Security – to name a few), the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION will have WHAT YOU NEED to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

It will also include featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders and recognized firms in the 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

For more information on All Things American Security Today, as well as the 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, please contact Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

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