SecurLock 1.3 is now available in the UK market

SecurSoftware has today announced the UK availability of SecurLock, a USB Flash device and software solution that provides data protection and access control for Windows-based PCs. Available in the US since June, SecurLock 1.3 adds a data shredder utility that lets you dispose of confidential data and files from regularly-used folders, such as temporary Internet files, history, cookies and recent documents.

An alternative to biometric authentication, SecurLock 1.3 avoids unauthorised access of your PC by means of a physical USB token (key) that is plugged into your computer's USB port. Together with a PIN, SecurLock provides single sign-on (SSO) and data encryption. Log-in data is encrypted and saved on the USB token, so can't be recovered from your PC's hard disk. Once the USB token is removed from the PC, the session is blocked.

SecurLock allows more than one user to log-on to the same PC using their own key and PIN. This provides access to the user's own session, as well as to their own encrypted data and SSO credentials. The product's security tools let you encrypt files, folders and e-mail attachments using either BlowFish (variable-length keys from 32- to 448-bits) or RC4 (variable-length keys from 1- to 2,048-bits) algorithms. The SSO feature should also provide a safe way of managing your Windows profiles, such as user name and password.

If a user loses the key, but remembers the password phrase, a new key can be programmed by the administrator of the system, a feature that should prove popular in large organisations. SecurSoftware is currently testing a network version designed specifically for enterprises.