CryptoMill and Seagate Enhance Laptop PC Data Security

By Anuradha Shukla

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Using CryptoMill’s endpoint data security solution - SEAhawk, CryptoMill Technologies is offering management solutions for Seagate's encrypting notebook hard drive, Momentus 5400 FDE.2.

According to statistics provided by Ponemon Institute, 2006, 81% of companies reported the loss of one or more laptops containing sensitive information last year. The CryptoMill-Seagate solution will protect against the real internal and external data security threats that organizations face from loss or misuse of sensitive information on laptops and mobile storage devices.

The DriveTrust technology from Seagate provides hard drive-based full disk encryption. The technology automatically encrypts all data written to the disk without any performance impact to computer systems. Seagate's DriveTrust technology brings unprecedented level of security to the commercial market and addresses the current environment of data breaches and identity theft.

CryptoMill’s relationship with Seagate brings to the marketplace a complete data security solution, which is beyond encryption, and addresses both internal and external security threats.



CryptoMill's SEAhawk will manage the secure, encrypting hard drive, Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2, to achieve maximum benefits with minimum complexity. Additionally, SEAhawk will provide enterprise-class key management and recovery, as well as integration with user management services in Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows and Active Directory.

“Providing organizations of all sizes with an easy, centralized way to manage computers using DriveTrust technology to secure and encrypt sensitive data is key to widespread adoption and deployment of these secure systems,” said John Bedrick, senior director of IT Security - New Market Development at Seagate Technology (News - Alert) in a press release.

He continued : “Seagate is teaming with CryptoMill and other independent software vendors to deliver simple management of systems powered by Momentus 5400 FDE.2, our full-disc encryption secure notebook hard drive.”

In a single unified solution, CryptoMill SEAhawk and Seagate DriveTrust will comprehensively address laptop and mobile storage security problems. The solution will offer unparalleled levels of security, scalability, ease of use, and simple management.

According to Nandini Jolly, CryptoMill’s CEO, every organization wants its people to freely manage, intelligently move and use data while keeping it secure.

Jolly believes that pairing their SEAhawk product with Momentus 5400 FDE.2 will allow users and organizations to preserve privacy and trust even while data is mobile and liberated.

“This is truly revolutionary,” she concluded.

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Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

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