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Fuzzy Logic Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drive is “Momentus”!
Fuzzy Logic Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drive is “Momentus”! | Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drive is “Momentus”! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 13 November 2008 | |
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The loss of data can have serious repercussions – just ask various UK government ministries how they’ve fared since the loss of millions of records on missing hard disks and CD-ROMs – or the business person that has just lost his or her notebook computer, or had it stolen. Now, encryption technology is not new – it has been around for years, as have all manner of security systems from passwords to biometric fingerprint readers. Microsoft also offers disk encryption in Business, Ultimate and Enterprise versions of Vista as standard, and there are numerous other encryption technologies on the market. So, the logical next step is for hard drives to come with native built-in encryption, and that’s the development this article is about – self-encrypting notebook hard drives with 320GB or 500GB capacities at 5400 and 7200 RPM speeds. Seagate notes that Dell has already begun shipping a 160GB self-encrypting drive in one of its notebooks, and that it has partnered with McAfee to offer software for the “enterprise-wide management of notebooks with Seagate Secure hard drives.” “Seagate Secure” is Seagate’s name for its self-encrypting hard drive category, with the actual model name being “Momentus FDE”, with FDE standing for “full-disk encryption”. Seagate also notes that this range is vital in today’s world because notebook adoption continues soaring, and “more notebooks are used to store sensitive personal and business information”. It also says that: “Lost or stolen notebooks can cost companies millions of dollars in compromised proprietary information and threaten consumers with the high cost of identity theft, yet many computers remain unprotected. According to the United States FBI, a notebook computer is stolen every 53 seconds in America and 97% are never recovered”. The Momentus FDE drives feature “government-grade encryption that delivers powerful security for confidential customer or corporate information on executive notebook computers, critical customer data on field sales and customer support notebook PCs, and sensitive information on personal notebooks.” So, what does Seagate itself have to say about its new drives, and when will they be available to purchase, how do consumers use the self-encryption option, and what exactly is McAfee’s involvement on the enterprise side of things? Please read on to page 2. |
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