Addonics has announced a new hard drive enclosure that provides native 256-bit AES hardware encryption on the fly with no detectable performance degradation. The Diamond Cipher enclosure can be connected to a computer via its built-in eSATA and USB 2.0 connectors or mounted into a 5 ¼” drive bay using Addonics cradle system.

Addonics Technologies www.addonics.com today announced a hard drive kit with built-in eSATA and USB 2.0 connectors that allows users to easily connect an external SATA hard drive to a system or use any SATA hard drive as a removable cartridge drive with the highest level 256-bit AES hardware encryption.

The 256-bit AES hardware encryption incorporated inside the Diamond Cipher enclosure is the most secure storage solution available today. AES is secure enough to protect classified information up to the “TOP SECRET” level, which is the highest security level and defined as information which would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if disclosed to the public.

Diamond Cipher enclosure is also the first enclosure solution to provide native SATA encryption on the fly with no detectable performance degradation to the hard drive though a simple encryption key.
The Diamond Drive Cartridge system is available now and lists for $139. The system comes withDiamond Cipher drive enclosure, a Diamond drive cradle and a pair of 256-bit AES cipher keys. Full details can be found here.