Encryption Strengths
CryptArchiver secures data on your removable device with encryption software. During setup, users must choose between 256-bit AES or 448-bit Blowfish encryption.
CryptArchiver Lite
Most EDGE USB 2.0 flash drives ship with CryptArchiver Lite, a free "lite" version that encrypts up to 25MB of data at the 128-bit AES encryption level.
What's the difference in encryption strengths?
Encryption software is becoming a necessity for organizations where confidential data plays a critical role. According to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies are not required to disclose the loss of 256-bit AES encrypted data. However, when unencrypted data is lost or exposed, companies are required to inform clients that are possibly affected by the loss. Considering that hundreds of companies a year are ordered to pay millions of dollars in litigation and media fees, do you think it's important to encrypt your company's data?
128-bit encryption
The large number of operations (2128) required to try all possible 128-bit keys is enormous. While 128-bit AES encryption is a powerful encryption algorithm, stronger more "secure" algorithms are available and recommended for personal data.
CryptArchiver
EDGE USB 2.0 "Secure" Flash Drives ship with CryptArchiver, which utilizes either 256-bit AES or 448-bit Blowfish encryption technology to encrypt up to 20GB of data. (Users must choose).
256-bit encryption
A 256-bit key requires not merely twice as long to crack as a 128-bit key, but rather 2128 times as long. If a device were created that could crack a billion billion (1018) AES keys per second, it would require 3,671,743,063,080,802,746,815,416,825,491,118,336,290,905,145,409,708 years to exhaust the 256-bit key space. 128-bit keys are impractical to attack by brute force methods using current technology; however, 256-bit keys are not likely to be broken by brute force methods using any obvious future technology.
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448-bit Blowfish encryption
Blowfish is a symmetric encryption algorithm designed as an alternative to existing encryption algorithms, such as DES and AES. Blowfish encryption utilizes a powerful 64-bit cipher in which a cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to a block of data rather than to single bits. A 448-bit encryption key is 2.1 x 1096 times stronger than a 128-bit encryption key.
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