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\"Digital<\/a>Victorinox<\/strong><\/a>, the firm behind the legendary Swiss Army Knife<\/strong>, has introduced the Victorinox Secure Pro<\/a><\/strong>. The Secure Pro has a USB memory stick<\/strong> integrated into it along with the expected knives and screwdrivers. The firm claims it the most secure USB stick of its kind available to the public. <\/strong>The Secure Pro uses several layers of security <\/strong>to protect the data on it from being stolen.
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\"\"<\/a>The security layers included in the Swiss Army Knife include a fingerprint scanner<\/strong> linked to a heat and oxygen sensor. <\/strong>The sensor is capable of determining whether the user’s finger is still attached to a living person – so that a detached finger will not yield access to the memory stick\u2019s contents. Any attempt to forcibly open the Victorinox Secure triggers a self-destruct mechanism<\/strong> that destroys the CPU and memory chip.<\/p>\n

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The Victorinox Secure Pro uses AES256<\/strong> technology, together with MKI\u2019s Schnuffi Platform Single Chip Technology. Martin Kuster, CEO of security chip specialist MKI<\/a>, told InfoWorld<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0 “I’m concerned about the way technology is progressing, with all our personal data going into “the cloud.” Soon everything will go into the cloud – and I don’t like it! Perhaps one day I will have to buy back all this information from eBay!” The security integrates Single Chip Technology, meaning that there are no external and accessible lines between the different coding\/security steps<\/strong>, as on multi-chip solutions; this makes cracking the hardware impossible.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Victorinox was so confident of Swiss Army Knife security that it offered a $150,000 prize<\/strong> to a team of professional hackers if they could break into it during the two hours product launch event. The money went uncollected. Victorinox Secure\u2019s designer Kuster, stated, \u201cLife is becoming more digital every day… And yet people do so little to protect their data. The world\u2019s most common password is \u201812345\u2019 <\/a>– and even encryption can be broken given time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to create not only a product for today\u2019s modern lifestyle but a new generation of memory stick that had all the values of functionality and reliability that the iconic Swiss Army Knife has come to represent\u201d stated Carl Elsener Jr., Victorinox\u2019s CEO. \u201cWe think of the Victorinox Secure as the digital Swiss Army Knife.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Secure Pro Swiss Army Knife was launched 03-25-10 in London and is available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB sizes and will sell for $75 to $270. Additional features include:<\/p>\n