Satechi Introduces LockDown ($99)

Satechi, designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics accessories, introduced the LockDown, portable external SATA hard drive enclosure that keeps data securely with a encrypted 256 bit hardware password protection and provides USB 3.0.

Satechi Lockdown Personal Security System offers hardware encryption in a compact, portable design. With capacitance touch keypad and OLED screen, the Lockdown is only accessible using a 4-8 digit password. With no software to install, real-time hardware encryption, the Lockdown protects data at your office, at home or on the go.

Lockdown supports encryption and data security via AES 256-bit algorithm. Through the encrypted HDD of LockDown, it is impossible to read or decode any data on the HDD even though it is connected with other PC systems or devices. LockDown supports 4-8 digit password offering over 100 million different password combinations.

"Quite simply, Satechi LockDown is the ultimate portable hard drive and secure storage system," said Joseph McRea, Satechi Product Manager. "It is a brilliantly executed solution to the problem of keeping your backup data as secure as the data on your personal computer."

LockDown is both Mac and PC compatible, and comes in a sleek black finish. It is backed by a one-year limited warranty and available for $99 at Amazon.com and Satechi.net.