Abstract: In a portable and secure data storage device 100, access may be gained to a user memory by scanning at least two different fingerprints with a fingerprint scanner 12. In an enrolment mode of the data storage device, at least two different administrator fingerprints from at least one administrator are scanned and enrolled. In a further enrolment mode of the data storage device, at least two different user fingerprints from at least one user are scanned and enrolled. In a normal operation mode of the data storage device, at least two different fingerprints are scanned and verified against the enrolled administrator fingerprints and the enrolled user fingerprints, and access is gained to the data storage device for storing user data and/or retrieving user data if the verification of each of the different fingerprints is successful.

Abstract: A portable data storage device includes a biometrics recognising apparatus which comprises a biometric sensor and a biometrics processing engine. The storage device further includes a memory storage facility, a micro controller and a communications interface to enable the storage device to communicate with a host computer, an access control unit, a bioparameters storage unit, a combination encryption key generation means, a device code generation means, a bioencryption engine for encryption and decryption and a data processing unit.

Abstract: A biometric parameters protected computer serial bus interface portable data storage device which integrates the computer serial bus interface with biometric (Fingerprint) technologies to ensure data and information storage within the device are secured with personal biometrics information. The storage device acts as a portable hard disk which can be connected via computer serial bus interface onto any computer platform with computer serial bus host and only the user(s) with the authorized fingerprint bio-data can have access to the data stored in the device.