[FDE] Inside interview with Seagate on it's new FDE Drive

Tue Jan 9 16:09:34 MST 2007

Hi Scott,

I just read your interview with Dan Good and had a quick question. Was 
there any mention of Wave Systems
or their EMBASSY Trusted Drive Manager in relationship to the Momentus 
5400 FDE?

thanks,
Kevin Schneider

Seagate and Wave Systems Demonstrate Robust Data Security for Notebook 
PC's at RSA Conference 2006
By PR Newswire
Last Updated: 02/13 07:59AM 
RSA CONFERENCE 2006, SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 
Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX), the world's leading hard drive maker, and 
Wave Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: WAVX) are teaming up at the RSA Conference 
2006, February 13-17, at San Jose's McEnery Convention Center to showcase 
the latest development in data security. The two companies will 
demonstrate a security solution that combines the strongest protection 
available for intellectual property, personal information and other 
sensitive data stored on lost or stolen notebook PCs with a simple way to 
manage and protect encryption keys and passwords.
The demonstration features Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE, a 2.5-inch, 5400-RPM 
notebook hard drive with hardware-based Full Disc Encryption (FDE) to 
deliver the highest levels of data security, and Wave's Embassy Security 
Center software. The Wave Systems software suite, which meets security 
specifications established by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an 
industry group focused on developing open standards for security hardware 
and software, uses Wave's Trusted Drive Manager to give organizations an 
easy way to set up and configure the Momentus 5400 FDE drive and automate 
protection and management of passwords and encryption keys.
"The Trusted Computing Group specifications have provided the industry 
with standard building blocks to enhance computer security," said Lark 
Allen, executive vice president, Wave Systems. "By extending the TCG 
trusted computing specified services to Seagate's FDE drives, Wave's 
software enables organizations to implement a single, integrated 
infrastructure for managing their trusted devices."
Wave's Embassy solutions support hardware security features provided by 
TCG Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chips currently shipping in 
millions of personal computers. Among other capabilities, Wave's Trusted 
Drive Manager provides strong authentication for tightly controlled access 
to FDE drives and can be used with biometrics and smart cards to enable 
multi-factor authentication. Extending the Embassy Security Center to 
include support for the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE family can bring an 
important new capability to data protection for organizations of all 
sizes.
Momentus 5400 FDE -- Delivering New Levels of Notebook PC Security
With the new Momentus 5400 FDE hard drive, Seagate has taken the lead in 
delivering a simple, cost-effective way to provide strong protection 
against unauthorized access to data on notebook PCs. Momentus 5400 FDE 
automatically encrypts all data, not just selected files or partitions, on 
the drive. Seagate FDE also eliminates disc initialization and 
configuration required by encryption software, allows hard drive data to 
be erased instantly so the drive can be redeployed, and delivers full 
inline-speed encryption with no impact to system performance.
Seagate FDE works by putting all security keys and cryptographic 
operations within the drive, separating them from the operating system in 
order to provide greater protection against hacking and tampering than 
traditional software alternatives, which can give thieves backdoor access 
to encryption keys and are more vulnerable to viruses.
"As notebooks continue to proliferate, representing an increasing segment 
of the overall PC market, more customers are demanding systems that 
provide a bulwark against the loss of sensitive business or personal 
information and the potentially high related costs when notebooks are lost 
or stolen," said Karl Chicca, Seagate senior vice president and general 
manager, Personal Storage. "Seagate is focused on teaming with Wave 
Systems and other providers of industry-standard security software to 
enable easy-to-deploy notebook PCs with strong hardware encryption and the 
software infrastructure needed to manage and protect passwords and 
encryption keys."

Kevin L. Schneider
Senior Vice-President, Investments
Wachovia Securities
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Office (209) 473-0210
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kevin.schneider at wachoviasec.com

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