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SEDs, Sleep and Hibernation

I have written about the security implications of using sleep with encrypted drives in the past and have offered both short term and longer term solutions that would allow users to use sleep under some conditions and not risk (too…

May 3, 2017

Garry McCracken

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Protect Against the 4 SED Attacks Discussed at Black Hat

In a previous blog I wrote that at Black Hat Europe 2015, two forensics experts from KPMG Canada presented their findings in a presentation titled “Bypassing Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) in Enterprise Environments”. (more…)

Aug 5, 2016

Garry McCracken

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4 SED Attacks and How to Mitigate Them

In November at Blackhat Europe 2015, two forensics experts from KPMG Canada presented their findings in a presentation titled “Bypassing Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) in Enterprise Environments”. (more…)

Dec 15, 2015

Garry McCracken

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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

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Separating Encryption and Key Management

In our previous blog posting, we explored the shortcomings of software-based full disk encryption (FDE) and made the case for switching to self-encrypting drives (SED) in the long run. (more…)

Jun 8, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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The Road Ahead for Full Disk Encryption

Software-based full disk encryption (FDE) technologies have been widely adopted to protect data stored on computing devices, most often laptops or desktops. (more…)

May 12, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Common Criteria collaborative Protection Profiles for FDE

Software Full Drive Encryption (FDE) has been the prime choice for protecting the confidentiality of data on laptops for over a decade, but more and more Self-Encrypting drives (SEDs) are becoming the obvious choice for FDE because of their advantages…

Mar 10, 2015

Garry McCracken

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2015 Predictions for Full Disk Encryption & Key Management

Before we get too far into 2015, I want to go on record with a few predictions for the Full Disk Encryption world. Below are few things that I think will show up on a historical timeline for FDE and…

Jan 13, 2015

Garry McCracken

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Key Management and Full Disk Encryption (FDE)

Before I delve into key management for FDE, I want to clarify that the ideal FDE architecture has two main components. The actual encryption component is a separate layer from the key management. (more…)

Dec 3, 2014

Garry McCracken

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Improving Forensic Recovery for SEDs

This week WinMagic announced that SecureDoc offers new interoperability with Guidance Software’s EnCase Forensic product – specifically – forensic data recovery on self-encrypting drives (SEDs). (more…)

Aug 14, 2014

WinMagic

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Computer Forensics and Self-Encrypting Drives

In my last blog on computer forensics I addressed the question: does software Full Disk Encryption (FDE) Thwart Computer Forensics? To recap, a software encrypted drive could prevent effective forensics. However, if you have enterprise key management and forensics software…

Jun 19, 2014

Garry McCracken

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Revisiting the TPM

TPMs have been shipping for nearly 8 years now. WinMagic was an early adopter and supported TPM version 1.1 for full disk encryption before most. We expanded our support to the more main stream version 1.2 TPMs when they started…

Feb 13, 2014

Garry McCracken

SEDs, Sleep and Hibernation

Protect Against the 4 SED Attacks Discussed at Black Hat

4 SED Attacks and How to Mitigate Them

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

Separating Encryption and Key Management

The Road Ahead for Full Disk Encryption

Common Criteria collaborative Protection Profiles for FDE

Key Management and Full Disk Encryption (FDE)

Improving Forensic Recovery for SEDs

Computer Forensics and Self-Encrypting Drives

Revisiting the TPM

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