by Mark Hachman 11.10.08
A number of disk-drive OEMs plan to embrace full-disk encryption as a security measure this coming week, according to industry sources. On Monday, Seagate, Dell, and McAfee announced a partnership. But Hitachi also plans to announce an FDE drive this week, along with a third drive maker. FDE drives perform the same functions as software encryption, but use an on-chip cryptographic unit to encode the drive's contents. The idea is to secure the drive in case it or a notebook containing the drive is lost, preventing the drive's data from being seen by unfriendly eyes. A laptop is stolen every 52 seconds, according to a 2007 study by the FBI. Almost none are ever recovered. At press time, a spokeswoman for Hitachi said that the company had not decided to make a formal announcement on Monday, or wait until later in the week. Seagate, meanwhile, said it had begun shipping the first 320-Gbyte and 500-Gbyte FDE 2.5-inch Momentus notebook drives, available in either in 5,400 or 7,200-RPM speeds, which are available on a range of Dell Latitude notebooks, Precision mobile workstations, and a single Optiplex desktop. They will be managed by McAfee's management console, the companies said.
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