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, encryption, Evil Maid, fde, hack, momentus, Privacy Digest, Seagate, SED, self-encrypting drives, software, Stone Boot, TrueCrypt
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Heartland Payment Systems disclosed a data breach that could eclipse the current record set by TJX in January 2007.
While not specifying the number of records that were compromised, Heartland’s [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Security
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Also tagged credit card, customer records, data breach, disk drives, fde, Heartland Payment Systems, payment processor, Pete Steege, Seagate Blogs, SED, self-encrypting drives, TJX, transactions
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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, encryption, enterprise, full disk encryption, hard drive, IT, key, mac, management, pc, Pete Steege, Seagate Blogs, SecureDoc, WinMagic
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Source: creditloan.com
A fellow employee once asked me, “Why isn’t it illegal for companies to use non-encrypted drives in business computers?”
Set aside the logistical issues, and that’s a really good [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Notebook PC, Security, Trends
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Also tagged cnet, Computerworld, data, data breaches, disk drive, encrption, government, Identity Theft Research Center, Jon Oltsik, mandate, Pete Steege, Seagate Blogs, stimulus
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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, encryption, HP, ibm, key management, LSI Corp, Pete Steege, RSA Security, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, Thales Group
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January 21, 2009 – 2:51 pm
Most companies (and households) are seeing a drop in income, limited cash, and an uncertain future. Discretionary spending is frozen for many. Here are some storage investments that might be worthwhile [....]
By Pete Steege
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Posted in Backup, IT Storage, Security, Trends
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Also tagged 2009, energy efficiency, investment, investments, Pete Steege, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, storage, Virtualization
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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, encryption, ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, fde, mcafee, Momentus FDE, National Security Agency, NSA, Seagate Secure, 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 encryption, ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, fde, mcafee, momentus, notebook, Seagate, SECUDE, SED, self-encrypting drives, Wave Systems
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Storage performance specs are so last millenium
Going by today’s headlines, storage vendors should add a new spec to their data sheets: hackability.
Case in point: yet another theft of reams of customer [....]
Digital Rights Management requires rock-solid data security in the infrastructure
Atrato’s been making waves with their innovative approach to performance for content serving applications. Now they’ve announced that [....]
