[FDE] New DoD encryption mandate and TPM requirements

[Ali, Saqib]

John Grimes' (DOD chief information officer) July 3rd memo is
mandating encryption for all sensitive but unclassified information on
mobile devices in compliance with FIPS 140-2.  "Mobile devices"
include laptops, PDAs, CDs, flash drives, etc.
See:
http://iase.disa.mil/policy-guidance/dod-dar-tpm-decree07-03-07.pdf

Also all new computer assets (servers, notebooks, desktops, PDAs) must
have TPM (if available). I guess this is good news for Wavesys
<http://www.wavesys.com/ >.  Wavesys is the only company that makes
enterprise grade TPM management suite that can be centrally managed.

But I think more and more FDE vendors will now start supporting TPM
for encryption key management, and trusted device management.