SecuTech

SecuTech Solution Inc. is an Internet security and privacy company located in Montreal, Canada that was formed in 2005. It's a vendor of software protection dongle,USB and one time password authentication token.
Overview
SecuTech manufactures a range of Software protection dongle, including UniKey STD/PRO/Time/Drive; USB token, including the UniToken, which come in four varieties (Lite, STD, PRO and Drive) and one time password token, including UniOTP 300/500.
The memory size of Drive model ranges from 1 GB to 16 GB (up to 32 GB), and are structured with four partitions: a public partition, a protected partition, a hidden partition and a virtual CD-ROM. The Lite and STD model is targeted at web authentication. The PRO model is intended for corporate and government environments, and is completely configurable by an administrator.
One of the design features of the UniToken is a self-lock mechanism which activates after the user enters his password incorrectly a certain number of consecutive times. The number of times is fully configurable by the administrator using the UniToken Console. After reaching the password limit, the device will be locked and users cannot logon anymore. Only the administrator can unlock the device
Time line
* 2005: SecuTech Solution Inc. is founded in Montreal, Canada
* 2006: SecuTech establised a subsidary in France, Europe
* January 2008: SecuTech launched video protect package
* June 2008: New UniKey model - Time was released
* 2009: SecuTech established a subsidary in Beijing, China
* October 2009: SecuTech UniKey USB Keys Add Support for Mac OS X Leopard
* January 2011: SecuTech Joins Microsoft Windows 7 Hardware Partners Program
*2011: SecuTech established a subsidary in Sydney, Australia
Partnership
* IOLOCK France
* PT Gemanusa Sentra Teknologi
* ProdaCom, S. A. Dominican Republic
* Eastland, one of China's Business Process Outsourcing Firm
Competing products
Secure flash drives have become more common in recent years, following increases in reports of drives and laptops with confidential data being lost or stolen.
Most of the larger flash drive manufacturers have released similar products with varying feature sets; some of the more well known examples of which are:
*Aloaha: Aloaha Secure Stick with up to 32GB Smartcard encrypted flash memory
*Lexar: JumpDrive SecureII Plus
*Kingston Technology: DataTraveler Vault and DataTraveler BlackBox (with FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification), and DataTraveler 5000 (with FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification, and Level 3 pending
*SanDisk: Cruzer Enterprise
*Verbatim: Store 'n' Go Corporate Secure USB Drive
* WiBu-System Codemeter
Alternatively, software-based disk encryption systems can be used with any USB flash drive and provide practically equivalent functionality at a significantly lower cost.

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