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GoldKey Secure USB Token
REVIEWED BY JOEL SNYDER
GoldKey
Price: Starts at $132 per user token
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The GoldKey Secure USB
Token works with Windows
and Macintosh operating
systems to provide a secure
place to stash encryption
keys for virtual disks. By
keeping encryption keys on
a small, removable USB
token, GoldKey simplifies
the task of locking away
important information on
laptops and encourages
good security behaviors.
GoldKey takes on one of
the most difficult tasks in hardware-supplemented
encryption by providing a manageable hierarchy of
master keys, group encryption keys, and the ability
to duplicate tokens.
PerformanceA
We ha...
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d no problems in our tests of GoldKey USB on
Windows and Mac laptops. Everything worked as advertised
without any problems or bugs.
One of the main concerns about encrypted virtual
hard drives is the impact on system performance. We
tested a GoldKey encrypted virtual disk against one
using the operating system's native encryption system
(both Windows XP and Mac OS X), as well as a local
laptop drive. On our ThinkPad laptop running
Windows, the GoldKey disk was about 50 percent faster
than a drive encrypted using Windows tools, and about
the same speed as the local 7200 rpm laptop drive. On a
MacBook Pro, GoldKey was 75 percent faster than the
native OS X encryption, although about 60 percent
slower than the local 7200 rpm laptop drive. Windows
users should see little performance impact in modern
laptops.
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