October 28, 2009 – 2:16 pm
There’s a new chink in the armor of software-based drive encryption – the Evil Maid Hack. Privacy Digest explains how it works.
Just like hacks before it (remember Cold Boot?), the [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Security
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Also tagged BitLocker, Cold Boot, Evil Maid, fde, hack, momentus, Privacy Digest, Seagate, Security, SED, self-encrypting drives, software, Stone Boot, TrueCrypt
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The National Archives lost a terabyte disk drive filled with sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers and Secret Service procedures.
Had this data been on a [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Security
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Also tagged Al Gore, daughter, disk drive, fde, government, loss, lost, mandate, National Archives, Pete Steege, procedures, Seagate, Secret Service, self-encrypting, sensitive, Social Security number, SSN, terabyte
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A few weeks after the disk drive community published encryption standards, self-encrypting disk drives take another step towards broad enterprise adoption: WinMagic announced that SecureDoc now manages encryption keys across Mac and Windows PCs.
The [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in IT Storage, Notebook PC, Security
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Also tagged cipher keys, disk drive, enterprise, full disk encryption, hard drive, IT, key, mac, management, pc, Pete Steege, Seagate Blogs, SecureDoc, Security, WinMagic
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PCWorld’s, that is. They reviewed a gaggle of encrypted drives in the March issue. Seagate’s BlackArmor came out on top with a score of 93 out of 100.
A [....]
February 17, 2009 – 7:06 am
Encryption took a big step towards ubiquity across IT with a proposal from the leaders of the IT hardware industry last week.
HP, IBM and EMC’s RSA Security, along with Seagate, Thales Group, [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Data Center, Security
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Also tagged data security, EMC, HP, ibm, key management, LSI Corp, Pete Steege, RSA Security, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, Security, Thales Group
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February 3, 2009 – 7:07 am
There has been a lot of coverage of Seagate’s new Constellation family of enterprise disk drives, mostly leading with something about 2 TB. While the 2 TB capacity is [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Data Center, Green, Products, Security
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Also tagged 2 TB, 2.5", 3.5", barracuda es, Cheetah, constellation, Constellation ES, disk drive, enterprise, fde, full disk encryption, Pete Steege, SAS, sata, savvio, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, SED, self-encrypting drives
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January 28, 2009 – 6:07 am
Yesterday the top six disk drive manufacturers (essentially all of them) published final specifications for common full-device encryption standards through the Trusted Computing Group. This opens the door for a world [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Desktop PC, IT Storage, Notebook PC, Security, Technology, Trends
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Also tagged Computerworld, disk drive, Fujitsu, Hitachi GST, LSI Logic, Pete Steege, Samsung, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, SSD, standards, tcg, Toshiba, trusted computing group, Wave Systems, western digital
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November 19, 2008 – 9:24 am
Seagate recently launched two portable drives with very different personalities. Why? One size no longer fits all. But which drive is right for you?
Seagate FreeAgent Go - a great personal drive. [....]
November 12, 2008 – 12:51 pm
Solving the “data on the loose” problem starts with safer loose data
Despite an almost daily cadence of news stories about exposed customer data, most IT departments seem resigned [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Random
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Also tagged blackarmor, employee mobility, ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, fde, mcafee, Momentus FDE, National Security Agency, NSA, Seagate Secure, Security, SED
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November 10, 2008 – 10:53 am
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator adds self-encrypting PC drives to its bag of security tricks
There’s a security industry axiom that says “It’s better to place the guard next to the jewels.” With [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Notebook PC
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Also tagged ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, fde, mcafee, momentus, notebook, Seagate, SECUDE, Security, SED, self-encrypting drives, Wave Systems
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