iStorage diskAshur2 HDD 5 TB Secure Portable Hard Drive Password Protected Dust Water-Resistant Hardware Encryption

I bought the iStorage diskAshur2 and it was well worth my money. Most portable hard drives, as opposed to flash drives, do not come with the same kind of protection. To begin with, it is hardware encrypted, using real-time military grade AES 256-bit XTS full-disk hardware encryption validated to FIPS PUB 197, so there is no software to worry about or drivers to set up. This also means that the diskAshur2 is platform and device agnostic, so it works as well in Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome or Android. diskashur2 also includes thin clients, zero clients, and any clients that have a USB port. This drive also has a Common Criteria EAL4, and a ready on-board secure microprocessor; FIPS 140-2 Level 3, foundation level NCSC CPA, and NLNCSA certifications are all pending. Of course, it is also fully IP 56 certified for water and dust protection. Enhanced Dual Generating Encryption (EDGE) technology kicks in with a Common Criteria EAL4+ ready secure microprocessor. The microprocessor also comes with built-in physical protection mechanisms to defend against external tampering, can withstand ‘laser attacks’, and fault injection methods. External attacks are completely useless; the internal components are encased in a layer of epoxy resin so tough that breaking the hard drive is impossible without breaking the internal components. Any attempt to break into the device kicks off the deadlock frozen state. All the authentication parameters are encrypted and physically protected by the microprocessors’ memory encryption (scrambler) and access control schemes. Another great bonus was the two product gifts: A Nero BackItUP, and ESET Drive Security. I am overall, very satisfied with this hard drive, and I would not hesitate to purchase any other product from this seller. Read more

The Product is superb; beautifully engineered, provided with an elegant case, strongly built and easy to get started. I have done the initial password setting steps quickly following the instructions and the product was ready to use. It is very user friendly. Enter your 7 to15 digits numerical password and press the unlock button the DiscaShure gets ready to use in a few seconds. When you are finished and you want to sign out, simply press the lock button. Nothing could be easier than this. I am very happy and I am planning to a second one soon. Read more

I bought this hard drive it was so much complicated to follow instruction and specially if you are a new user I have to contact helpdesk. Helpdesk are very good and helped how to setup my password and now it’s very easy to use it turns off automatically one you leave the device very secure and works with Mac and windows too. I like the idea entering the password in physical button it means strong security to this device wow I love this kind of technology. Read more

Will not go to solid green and my android will not show it's files Read more

This is the best portable hard drive I’ve ever come across. It’s so easy to use, offers ultimate protection of my data and looks amazing. iStorage products have received all the necessary government certifications which gives me all the confidence I’m confident that my data is secure. If I could give this product an 11/10 then I would. Well done iStorage! Read more

So far I am liking these drives. I haven't done any speed tests or used them for more than a month, but they seem to be holding up ok. I'm using them to provide encryption at rest for some backups made on a platform that does not natively support encryption on external drives, so these seem to fit my need well. I will say the usb-cable that is hard-wired onto the drive is about 4-5inches and that is too short -- especially since you have to enter the code into the drive when it is plugged in. The device I am plugging into luckily is on a shelf and has the USB cable near the bottom of the device. Take that into consideration when qualifying this drive for your needs. Also I tried some usb-extension cables that were supposed to support usb 3.0 and data transfer, but testing with multiple of these drives and multiple of those cables, they did not work reliably and could not do file transfers that took more than a few minutes. So for me, I haven't found an easy fix for the "cord too short" problem. Read more

I bought this to backup thousands of hours of vacation videos and photographs. Many of which I want to protect for privacy reasons for family etc. Being in tech for years and having tested various types of software for encryption, this device eliminates the use for software. It’s very simple to set up for a primary password and also for a guest password. Setting up both was simple without issue. I would note that you need to press the lock symbol first, enter your code and press the lock symbol again to unlock in Guest mode. I love that it comes in its own case but wish the attached and tethered USB cable was a little longer. Great device, very impressed and will buy another if needed. Read more

I bought this to use for hardware encoded OSX Time Machine backups. This wasn't hard at all to set up the passcode using the included instructions. My biggest complaint is that it will go through periods (days or a week) where it simply decides to dismount, even when it has been accessed recently, within 10 minutes. I can't figure out why. I have plenty of other drives I use that are much more demanding that do not do this. Unfortunately, I can't recommend a drive that has a tendency to shut down. It worries me that it might be defective and ultimately stop working, and that's not a good feeling for a drive built with hardware security which assume you will be using it for secure and possibly important data. Read more