[FDE] SECUDE's FinallySecure will support Seagate FDE.2 Momentus

[Michael Jardine]

Ali, I could give you the "Microsoft" answer or the "Apple" answer.  : - )

Microsoft answer: It will be ready next week.
Apple answer:  You will see a press release on the day it is released. In
the meantime, we have no comment.

I should point out that rather than having the enterprise feature added to
the Finally Secure product that activates the Seagate drive, we will
actually combine the two products. In that way, an individual can install
the software and it will determine whether or not there is an FDE drive
present. If so, it will activate it. If not, it will do software-based
encryption. The central admin functions will be exactly the same for both.
We currently have a rather robust scripting mechanism for admin controls
but, recognizing that the idea of a GUI-based "central management console"
is now in vogue, we are also working on that.   But that would be a
"Microsoft" comment, I think...

Regards,
Michael



-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Ali, Saqib
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:31 PM
To: fde at www.xml-dev.com
Subject: Re: [FDE] SECUDE's FinallySecure will support Seagate FDE.2
Momentus

Thanks Michael. This is exactly the information I was looking for! :)

Do you have the dates of when the enterprise feature will be added to
the Finally Secure product?

Thanks


On 5/12/07, Michael Jardine <michael.jardine at usa.secude.com> wrote:
> Ali,
>
> Glad to be of help. As I mentioned, the first version of  FinallySecure,
> which we will release shortly, is a single-user product.  As such, it does
> not have centralized key management. However when you install the program
> and activate the Seagate FDE.2 drive, you can create a "spare key" in the
> form of an Emergency Recovery Information (EFI) file which we recommend
you
> save to an external device such as a USB stick.  Our enterprise software
> product features a robust off-line Help Desk application that allows you
to
> recover your key through a challenge and response system over the
telephone.
> This functionality will be integrated into FinallySecure in a subsequent
> release. The application is so easy to use and install that a two-person
> business could run it with the Help Desk on one computer and the encrypted
> drive on another.  It scales just as easily out to tens of thousands of
> computers in a large enterprise.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fde-bounces at www.xml-dev.com [mailto:fde-bounces at www.xml-dev.com] On
> Behalf Of Ali, Saqib
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:12 PM
> To: fde at www.xml-dev.com
> Subject: Re: [FDE] CryptoMill's SeaHAWK will support Seagate FDE.2
Momentus
>
> Michael,
>
> Thanks for brochure. However it still doesn't address my question as
> to what provisions does FinallySecure product has for centralized Key
> Management. Would really appreciate more details on how keys can be
> recovered in case of disaster etc.
>
> Thanks
> Saqib Ali
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