specific sequence of steps characteristic of one embodiment other embodiments of the present invention are well suited to function with more or fewer steps likewise the sequences of steps in various such embodiments can vary from those exemplified with process 500 e g depending upon the application it is appreciated that the term u201c access u201d as described in method 500 steps 502 511 and 512 may refer to electronic signals mechanical displacement or any other operation that could modify or change the state of any aspect of the removable memory device also it is appreciated that the term u201c indicate u201d as described in method 500 steps 512 and 514 may refer to any type of indicator useful to the function of the removable memory device including any or all of visual indicators audible indicators electronic signals etc fig6 depicts an exemplary removable storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a view to demonstrate an exemplary configuration of certain components in this example removable memory device 610 has a handle 625 to facilitate removal in the direction denoted by arrow 617 and has a security processor 620 located within housing 615 an electronic access controller 621 located within housing 615 and a manual key interface device 645 which is manually activated with data corresponding to a user in this example the manual key interface output and state.