India, Sept. 11 -- Portable storage has made it easier to move important files between work, home and other environments. But as more Sensitive data travels on physical drives, choosing the right level of protection becomes just as important as choosing storage capacity. Kingston's latest guidance focuses on four areas users should examine before selecting an encrypted drive.

The central point is simple: an "encrypted" label does not necessarily tell the whole security story. For Kingston data security, the choice comes down to how encryption works, how the drive is tested and what happens when someone tries to access it without permission.

Kingston highlights Hardware encryption as a key consideration. Hardware-encrypted drives use a d...