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Opal, Opalite & Pyrite Self-Encrypting Drives (SED)

This year (2015) the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Storage Work Group (SWG) published two new specifications derived from the Opal SED specification called Opalite and Pyrite. You may already be familiar with the benefits of using an Opal SED vs…

Nov 24, 2015

Garry McCracken

General

Opal 1.0 vs Opal 2.0 Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) FAQ

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) published the Opal 2.0 specification for SEDs in Feb 2012 so this isn’t a new topic. However, now that most of the drive manufacturers that supported Opal 1.0 now have, or will soon have, Opal…

Jun 3, 2013

Garry McCracken

General

SEDs offer 75% cost savings for businesses around the world

On Tuesday, I mentioned we’d be making an announcement today related to Self Encrypting Drives (SEDs) and as promised, here are the details. (more…)

Apr 18, 2013

Angel Massey-Singh

General

FDE and Windows 8 – Showing off at RSA

The TCG is hosting its annual security workshop at the RSA Security Conference on Mon Feb 25th in San Francisco. I have attended for the last 5 years and always found the panels and speakers well worth the time invested…

Feb 20, 2013

Garry McCracken

General

Encryption Alphabet Soup

Learning a multiplicity of acronyms is pretty much a requirement for navigating any discipline. Every field has its own set of acronyms and the sequence of 3 or 4 letters that usually make up the acronym most likely has a…

Feb 1, 2013

Garry McCracken

General

How SEDs Really Work

I have been working with hardware and software encryption for well over a decade now and I have seen countless power point presentations on the advantages of hardware encryption over software encryption. Transparency, performance and security are the big three.…

Jan 3, 2013

Garry McCracken

Opal, Opalite & Pyrite Self-Encrypting Drives (SED)

Opal 1.0 vs Opal 2.0 Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) FAQ

SEDs offer 75% cost savings for businesses around the world

FDE and Windows 8 – Showing off at RSA

Encryption Alphabet Soup

How SEDs Really Work

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