When transferring sensitive data, we must always make sure that only authorized people will have access to it; with the new GDPR rules, data protection is a must when utilizing services at work and portable devices must be secured against external threats as well. In order to help regarding this aspect, Silicon Power has launched the Secure G50 USB 3.0 Flash Drive, which is meant to protect your data with AES 256-bit encryption in XTS mode, offering much stronger data protection over ECB and CBC, for preventing unauthorized access.

The drive is shipped inside a small, compact cardboard enclosure, and on the frontal area we can take a look at some of the product highlights:

On the back, we are instructed to activate the product warranty, we are shown the compatible operating systems but the manufacturer does also point towards some downloadable resources:

The drive is further protected inside, with a transparent plastic layer; instructions are supplied as well:

The SP Locker utility takes care of the Lock/Unlock process, that is possible by supplying a password; brute-force password is not possible because after 10 intrusion attempts, all the data will be erased in order to protect against leaks:

The chassis of the drive is made of two different types of plastic finishes and makes you think that you are dealing with a design with a cover, but in reality it is a cap-less design:

On the back, we can clearly see the button for releasing the USB connector:

The opposite side has perforations for using the drive along with a lanyard:

When operating, a small red LED flash will start blinking: