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06-06-2023 | Apricorn 


IT Pros state they have data backup strategies in place but survey reveals they are not prepared for data recovery
Apricorn today announced new findings from the Apricorn 2023 North American IT Security Survey, which found that only 25% of IT professionals follow industry best practices for backing up data. The survey details data backup, encryption and resiliency protocols

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05-04-2023 | Apricorn 


Company’s Fastest Drive Provides Immediate Ultra-Secure Storage Compatible with High-Speed Multimedia Devices at Triple the Speeds of Encrypted HDDs
Apricorn,the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced the release of the USB 10Gbs Aegis NVX™. Employing proprietary architecture, The Aegis NVX is the first Apricorn encrypted device to feature an NVME SSD inside. Initial capacity offerings will be 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB, with a price range of $339.00 - $739.00 MSRP.

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01-13-2022 | Think. Digital Partners, Christine Horton


Freedom of Information requests were submitted to 16 government departments into the security of devices held by employees.

NHS Digital recorded a total of 393 lost or stolen devices between September 2020 and September 2021, including 52 mobiles, 19 laptops and three tablets. The information was uncovered via Freedom of Information...

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11-16-2021 | Apricorn


Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced findings focused on the manufacturing sector from the Apricorn 2021 Global IT Security Survey. The survey results demonstrate that IT professionals in manufacturing have a greater awareness of the cybersecurity risks that come from remote work when compared to professionals in other industries, such as education, financial services and healthcare.

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10-07-2021 | Apricorn


Most cybersecurity professionals will have spotted right away that this is a trick question. It’s not an either/or situation; both have a crucial role to play as part of the 360-degree, multi-layered backup strategy that’s...

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10-12-2021 | Apricorn


Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced new findings from a Twitter poll exploring data backup and recovery processes. More than 50 percent of respondents noted that they, or their employees, have experienced a loss of data as a result of not backing up, or a failed backup.

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10-03-2021 | Wayne Williams; betaNews


If you have personal files that you want to be able to access when on the go, but don’t trust cloud providers to keep them safe, and are worried about the dangers of storing them on a...


07-29-2021 | Adam Armstrong, StorageReview


The Apricorn Aegis Padlock SSD is the company’s latest high-security portable storage device. The device is sold as being super tough, compact, and SSD fast with the quoted speed being a maximum of 350MB/s. The SSD is ideal for those that need to transfer important files

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10-03-2021 | Wayne Williams; betaNews


If you have personal files that you want to be able to access when on the go, but don’t trust cloud providers to keep them safe, and are worried about the dangers of storing them on a...


07-17-2021 | IT ProPortal, Sead Fadilpašić


In many cases, businesses report themselves.
Since GDPR came into effect in May 2018, almost half of UK businesses (43 percent) have been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office over a breach, either actual or potential.

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06-17-2021 | Apricorn


Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced the release of the USB 3.2 Gen 1 Aegis Padlock SSD encrypted portable drive. The updated device is nearly twice as fast as its predecessor, reaching read speeds of up to...

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06-10-2021 | Apricorn


Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC has been awarded FIPS 140-2 level 3 validation (certification #3943) by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This level of certification...

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04-29-2021 | ITProPortal, Sead Fadilpašić


Some do it on purpose, but others are lacking necessary knowledge.

If remote workers still haven’t placed your organization’s sensitive data at risk, they’ll most likely do so in the near future.

According to a new report from encrypted USB manufacturer Apricorn, employees at more than a third (35 percent) of UK businesses

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04-27-2021 | ITSecurity Wire, Jon Fielding, Managing Director, Apricorn EMEA


Through 2020 and into 2021, cyber threats have increasingly targeted the end-user working from home, with attackers exploiting unprepared and distracted employees with laptops full of corporate data. Cybercriminals using...

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04-07-2021 | Apricorn


Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced new findings from the Apricorn 2021 Global IT Security Survey, which found that, in some instances, respondents have placed unwarranted trust in their employees, household members and third-party vendors. More than 400 IT security practitioners across North America and Europe responded to questions about security practices

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03-24-2021 | InfoSecurity Magazine, Jon Fielding, Managing Director, Apricorn EMEA


The boundary between work life and personal life that was already softening before the pandemic is now well and truly blurred. As the line that divides home from office becomes ever more hazy, it seems inevitable that...

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03-03-2021 | Ben Lovejoy, 9 to 5 Mac


The Aegis Secure Key 3ncx is designed to provide a solution to a problem that remains common even in today’s cloud-based world: balancing convenience with security when it comes to USB keys.

If we all lived in the always-connected, high-speed, cloud-based world, the ads would have us believe, USB keys...


12-24-2020 | Jon Fielding, Managing Director, Apricorn EMEA


Kill or cure? Jon Fielding wonders if the focus on technology, rather than security, in considering the future of hybrid working is misplaced
Combined home and office working will become ingrained as a long-term model over the coming year. Doing this securely and sustainably demands a major culture shift; every employee must be accountable for protecting corporate and personal data.


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11-13-2020 | Tammy Wiatt, American Security Today



10-31-2020 | James Smythe, Mighty Gadget


Apricorn is one of the most reputable names in the secure storage business, and their latest launch is the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC. It is essentially the same as the existing Aegis Secure Key 3NX, but the USB-A port is now USB-C. While other brands have shifted to app-controlled Bluetooth based drives, this is a traditional keypad based drive. While more basic, it offers the advantage of being completely software free. You manage everything via the keypad on the drive...


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02-05-2020 | Rod Scher, PC Mag


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04-23-2020 | Alexandra Gerea, ZME Science


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04-23-2020 | Sead Fadilpašić, IT Pro Portal


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04-22-2020 | Mark Jones, Tech HQ


While spend on cybersecurity tech remains strong amid a budget freeze, organizations are overlooking a key cause of compromise: workers.

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04-22-2020 | Apricorn


Over half of organisations expect their remote workers to expose them to the risk of a data breach

More than a third of IT leaders state their remote workers don’t care about security, according to annual survey by Apricorn

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04-20-2020 | Stephen White


In this new decade, organisations will face a fresh management challenge: how to fully engage and get the best from a workforce that encompasses four different generations working side by side. Each has its own set of expectations, skills, values, experience and priorities – as well as diverse attitudes to work, and how...

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04-19-2020 | Jon Fielding


Having employees from up to four different generations with differing levels of technology skills, attitudes to security, working styles and expectations, creates new cyber-security challenges...

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04-09-2020 | Jon Fielding


Before the current health emergency, many organisations had equipped themselves well to support remote and mobile working, recognising the productivity and agility that could be gained. Nobody, however, expected that they’d suddenly need to enable an entire workforce to do their jobs from home. The resulting disruption is huge...

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12-18-2019 | Jack Wallen


Jack Wallen shares cybersecurity predictions that might make your IT skin crawl. Find out what he thinks could be the silver lining to this security nightmare.

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12-13-2019 | Aaron Hurst


As we prepare to wrap up 2019, and the decade as a whole, experts have given their predictions for cyber security in the year 2020

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12-09-2019 | Alex Scroxton


The Ministry of Justice has lost 354 smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets in the past 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information
request, and other government departments are in the same boat

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12-09-2019 | Sam Allcock


One of the biggest recent shifts in corporate culture is the rise of remote working—otherwise known as telecommuting. “Clocking in” is now, for many, a figurative phrase, as technology enables more people to avoid the commute, and work from home instead.

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