SPYRUS(R) Secure Pocket Drive(TM) Available Worldwide

Designed for Internet and cloud computing applications, Secure Pocket Drive is the first and only licensed device that boots Microsoft's mobile, flagship operating system, Windows Embedded Standard 7, from an encrypting USB flash drive. The read-only device can be booted on nearly any Windows compatible PC to create a user-friendly experience in trusted computing. The Secure Pocket Drive only uses the RAM, keyboard, mouse, and monitor on the host computer. Secure Pocket Drive prevents cross-contamination and the transfer of malware from the host PC by not mounting the internal hard drive.

The built-in browser

In addition to the built-in browser and Citrix® XenApp? client, it is easy to add virtual private network software to access internal corporate applications. No matter how you use Secure Pocket Drive, it presents a safe environment both for the user and the network to which it is connected.

Multiple SPYRUS patents are used to lock the Microsoft Windows OS to the device and provide cryptographic protection against modification to the boot loader and the operating system. The patented methods enforce on-the-fly integrity validation to enable fast and secure boot-up and enhance the user experience without suffering the performance or vulnerability penalties incurred by other bootable products. The patented Secure Pocket Drive was designed from the ground up with strong FIPS 140-2 Level 3 hardware, U.S. Government-approved then-generation cryptographic algorithms, and extensive built-in self-checking functionality to protect the device, the operating system, and the user.

Trusted Stack

"This delivers on Microsoft's vision of a Trusted Stack, and makes the benefits of a Trusted Stack available to Enterprise clients," said David Aucsmith, Sr. Director, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Research in Government. "A really trusted mobile computing environment providing security of data, identity, and operating system is now available to enterprises large and small, and not just to government agencies."

"We were proud to introduce our award-winning endpoint security solution to government users in 2010," said Tom Dickens, COO of SPYRUS, "and now we can extend this same security to the private sector worldwide. Everyone from road warriors to teleworkers are evaluating deployment of the Secure Pocket Drive for secure remote access to network resources or rather than issuing a laptop or using a home PC afterwards their kids downloaded unknown malware. Just boot directly from the Secure Pocket Drive for worry-free secure computing."

About SPYRUS, Inc. SPYRUS holds patents in the U.S. and abroad that enable solutions for secure authentication, secure communication, and full disk encryption, as so then as patents relating to data protection and rights management for digital content. To prevent the insertion of untrusted elements, Secured by SPYRUS™ security innovation is proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standards. SPYRUS is headquartered in San Jose, California. See www.spyrus.com for more information.