MOBILE DRIVE FINGERED

Written by Adam Gosling

Thursday, 23 June 2005

SMB storage vendor LaCie has introduced a neat little mobile hard disk drive solution with built-in biometric security. The LaCie SAFE Mobile Hard Drive has built-in fingerprint authentication to prevent unauthorised access to the drive. Embedded software means no installation is needed on the host computer making this storage solution completely mobile, user-friendly and secure. The casing is designed by Porsche Design and fits comfortably in a shirt pocket. "With our new SAFE Mobile hard drive, people can now transport important data without concerns," says Marie Renouard, LaCie Product Manager. "SAFE drives are absolutely secure and only accessible by registered and authorized fingerprints. Biometry is based on unique human identity traits that are far more secure, convenient and user-friendly than passwords or smart-card protection." The unique silicon fingerprint reader makes the solution really robust, reliable and secure, says the company. It scans more than traditional readers and registers fingerprint templates as high quality images to enable fingerprint recognition in real-time as well as help prevent misidentification. Integrating a swiping fingerprint sensor also minimises corruption risks-the movement of a finger over the sensor immediately eliminates traces of the print making it difficult for unauthorised users to duplicate. The SAFE Mobile Hard Drives come in 40GB and 80GB capacities (5400rpm with 8MB cache) and are priced at $299 (RRP) and $399 (RRP) respectively. Related news items Real Savings From Mobile Deployments: IDC -05/08/2007 IDC Paints Picture Of Fierce Mobile Competition -11/07/2007 IDC Survey Found Mobile Games and Utilities Software Most Developed -24/06/2007 Clever Says Rudd Comments Not Clever -19/06/2007 Acer To Introduce 5 Centrino Pro Notebooks -17/05/2007 Newer news items EMERGENCY DIALLING FOR MOBILES -16/02/2006 TROJAN TARGETS PC AND PHONE -22/09/2005 BETTER WIRELESS SECURITY -23/08/2005 KASPERSKY UPDATES PDA PROTECTION -28/06/2005 RIM BEEFS UP SECURITY FOR US SPOOKS -28/06/2005 Older news items NEVER LOSE YOUR PASSWORD -30/05/2005 MOBILE NOTES SOLUTIONS GET MORE SECURITY -12/05/2005 VERISIGN TO DO WiFi AUTHENTICATION -05/05/2005 TACKLING MOBILE MALWARE -25/04/2005 FORGET MABIR: SOPHOS -07/04/2005 Tag This Now: