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.