A system for secure user authentication for a storage device, the system comprising: a portable data storage device operably coupled to a host computing device, at least one of the portable data storage device or the host computing device being Bluetooth enabled; a portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device operable in a non-discovery mode, the portable data storage device comprising authentication information for the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device; a configuration utility, associated with the portable data storage device or the host computing device, for setting up the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device as an authentication factor for access to at least a portion of the memory on the portable data storage device operably coupled to the host computing device; authentication information, provided on the Bluetooth enabled authentication device and/or the host computing device, for the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device set up as an authentication factor, wherein the authentication information comprises a Bluetooth name and address of the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device stored on the portable data storage device, wherein the authentication information comprises a unique identifier and an authentication key for the Bluetooth enabled authentications device; an access module associated with the portable data storage device or the host computing device, the access module permitting access to the at least a portion of the memory on the storage device via said Bluetooth communication between the Bluetooth enabled device and the at least one of the storage device or the host computing device to which the storage device is operably coupled; wherein access to data stored on the portable data storage device is permitted via the Bluetooth communication between the portable Bluetooth enabled device and the at least one of the portable data storage device or the host computing device if the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device is within a maximum Bluetooth range of the portable data storage device or the computing device, wherein the Bluetooth communication between the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device and the at least one of the portable data storage device and the host computing device is done without Bluetooth pairing, and with the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device operating in a non-discoverable mode, wherein the Bluetooth communication comprises transmission from the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device of the Bluetooth name of the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device, wherein the Bluetooth communication comprises transmission of the authentication key from the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device. a portable data storage device operably coupled to a host computing device, at least one of the portable data storage device or the host computing device being Bluetooth enabled; a portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device operable in a non-discovery mode, the portable data storage device comprising authentication information for the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device; a configuration utility, associated with the portable data storage device or the host computing device, for setting up the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device as an authentication factor for access to at least a portion of the memory on the portable data storage device operably coupled to the host computing device; authentication information, provided on the Bluetooth enabled authentication device and/or the host computing device, for the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device set up as an authentication factor, wherein the authentication information comprises a Bluetooth name and address of the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device stored on the portable data storage device, wherein the authentication information comprises a unique identifier and an authentication key for the Bluetooth enabled authentications device; an access module associated with the portable data storage device or the host computing device, the access module permitting access to the at least a portion of the memory on the storage device via said Bluetooth communication between the Bluetooth enabled device and the at least one of the storage device or the host computing device to which the storage device is operably coupled; wherein access to data stored on the portable data storage device is permitted via the Bluetooth communication between the portable Bluetooth enabled device and the at least one of the portable data storage device or the host computing device if the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device is within a maximum Bluetooth range of the portable data storage device or the computing device, wherein the Bluetooth communication between the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device and the at least one of the portable data storage device and the host computing device is done without Bluetooth pairing, and with the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device operating in a non-discoverable mode, wherein the Bluetooth communication comprises transmission from the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device of the Bluetooth name of the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device, wherein the Bluetooth communication comprises transmission of the authentication key from the portable Bluetooth enabled authentication device.