Can Yoggie make online security sexy?

Yoggie, already the winner of a CES ‘best innovation’ award, has announced a hardware-based firewall to add to its line-up of distinctive security devices. The Firestick, pictured above, looks like a USB drive, but contains a 300MHz Linux-based computer dedicated to protecting your PC from attack.

It's one of the few security applications that you might buy for its looks alone, but under the sleek casing it's a serious piece of kit.

"It takes the protection outside your PC, and so it stops any attack before it even reaches your PC," Shlomo Touboul, the founder and chief executive of Yoggie, said. "Our mission is to put Pentagon-grade security on personal computers."

The Firestick, which has a recommended retail price of $119 (£60), is an entry-level product designed for people who have already signed up to antivirus packages. Yoggie also makes a comprehensive security package, the Pico, which includes 12 security programs including antivirus, antispyware, antispam and firewall applications.

Click here for a full review of the Yoggie Pico, which was named CES’s best innovation in the computer accessories category.