Seagate ships self-encrypting notebook HDs

Mumbai: Seagate announced advances in its global push to help secure
notebook computer information from theft or loss. To combat growing threats to
mobile information, Seagate is now shipping its self-encrypting notebook PC hard
drives, now with up to 320GB of capacity, to the worldwide distribution channel,
with 500GB models coming soon. Additionally, Dell is now shipping a notebook
with a 160GB self-encrypting hard drive. McAfee is set to provide software for
the enterprise-wide management of notebooks with Seagate Secure hard drives.

McAfee joins a growing list of security software providers-including SECUDE
International, Wave Systems and WinMagic Data Security-that are teaming with
Seagate to help secure notebook PCs. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator management
system and McAfee's endpoint encryption client will integrate with Seagate
Momentus FDE hard drives to use the embedded hardware encryption, giving
customers full, user-rich features and the total enterprise management required
to secure notebook computers in heterogeneous environments.