Portable Sensitive Data Encryption USB/HDD

[ssk4212]

Hey all,

 

I need some help and I don't have the time to research USB/HDD data encryption for sensitive data, but I need to have multiple copies of sensitive data that is portable.  The encryption needs to be nearly unbreakable.

 

Thanks for the advice.

 

Regards, 

 

Ssk

[ChalkChalkson]

if US military standard is "nearly unbreakable" enough, you should go with an AES256 encryption. The tool AESCrypt is usually considered safe.

AESCrypt encrypts a folder or file to be a single ".aes" file. Which will be converted back to what is was previously by the program after entering a password.

 

You can get a rough estimation of your passowrds security on this page

[ssk4212]

11 minutes ago, ChalkChalkson said:

if US military standard is "nearly unbreakable" enough, you should go with an AES256 encryption. The tool AESCrypt is usually considered safe.

AESCrypt encrypts a folder or file to be a single ".aes" file. Which will be converted back to what is was previously by the program after entering a password.

 

You can get a rough estimation of your passowrds security on this page

Do I need to get a USB that has AES256 encryption? 

[ChalkChalkson]

1 minute ago, ssk4212 said:

Do I need to get a USB that has AES256 encryption? 

No you don't, just use the tool on your data

[thedigitaldoctor]

I love my IronKey.  Secure, no software to install, and physically durable: http://www.ironkey.com/en-US/encrypted-storage-drives/

Available on Amazon and NCIX:
Amazon IronKey search

NCIX IronKey search

[NumLock21]

I thinks starting with Windows 8 Pro there is something called BitLocker to Go. It basically allows you to encrypt and portable drive that you want. And it's built into Windows.