Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50 series are premium USB drives that provide business grade security with FIPS 197 certified AES 256-bit hardware-encryption in XTS mode. Includes safeguards against BadUSB with digitally-signed firmware and against Brute Force password attacks. VP50 series is also TAA compliant. Because it is encrypted storage under the user's physical control, VP50 series are superior to using the internet and Cloud services to safeguard data. Brute Force attack protection locks out User or One-Time Recovery passwords upon 10 invalid passwords entered in a row, and crypto-erases the drive if the Admin password is entered incorrectly 10 times in a row.