The worlds most secure hard drives just got easier to manage

According to a 2011 Ponemon Institute study (sponsored by Intel)…

  • 275 businesses surveyed in Europe have lost a combined 72,000 laptops, costing those organizations a total of $1.8 billion
  • 329 businesses surveyed in the US have lost a combined 86,000 laptops, costing those organizations a total of $2.1 billion

Cleaning up the resulting data breach typically accounts for 80% of the cost estimate. And still, only 1/3 of companies in Europe deploy laptops with full-disk-encryption (FDE), also known as self-encrypting drives (SED).  The reasons for the lower than expected adoption?  Perhaps awareness, cost, complexity are some of the issues.  Given the horror stories around data breaches that happen almost daily, I don’t believe awareness is the issue.  When it comes to cost, the price delta between a standard laptop hard drive and one with FDE/SED is nominal, so that’s not it.  It must be the complexity in terms of managing the encryption keys, the corporate roll-out of laptops to employees, and the management of those keys, or passwords that must be the obstacle.

That argument is quickly losing steam as well with innovations in software management from companies like Wave.  Tom’s IT Pro shares an informative video from David Strom that shows exactly how simple and effective Wave’s software is to use.  When combined with a Seagate Momentus laptop drive with SED technology, corporations can alleviate any risk associated with lost or stolen laptops, and data breaches.  Check it out.

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2012-04-25T10:15:43+00:00

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