ASUS has announced key motherboard innovations to provide users with the ultimate in safety and data security. Increasingly, cyber crime and ID theft are becoming more prevalent, and PC users and business client may face risks to their sensitive data and personal data through unauthorized usage, hackers, stolen hard disk drives, and even loss of critical data through the Internet and emails. The ASUS Data Guardian (TPM support) provides ultimate data security protection for the user’s personal data by creating a virtual folder that is protected by an encryption key, and then stored on a USB portable drive — allowing users to store their most valued and secret data safely against unauthorized access.