Fujitsu Announces World's Most Robust Hard Drive Security
Category: Storage / Hard DrivesPosted: April 22, 2008 01:17PM
Author: razor
We live in a world where a lost or stolen laptop can effectively destroy the trust between a consumer and a retailer, or compromise "Classified" government documents - and there's a never-ending search for the most secure way to transport highly sensitive data. Leading hard drive manufacturer Fujitsu seems to have risen to the challenge, infusing 256-bit AES hardware encryption into the world's first 7200 RPM, 2.5" 320 GB hard drives. Better performance and better security are the result of Fujitsu's decision to merge the AES encryption chip with the hard drive's processor chip, and the safety of important data is further increased by keeping the encryption key out of system memory, where it typically resides when software encryption is used. The drive will sport SATA II 3.0 GB/s transfer speeds, and should be available at the end of May.
