[FDE] Fujistu announces 2,5 inch SATA HDD with FDE

[Simson Garfinkel]

Would it not be possible to certify an encryption module that fits  
between the hard drive and the host computer? This would allow you to  
use off-the-shelf drives while maintaining certification...


On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Ali, Saqib wrote:

> This is precisly the issue with obtaining FIPS certification for  
> hard drives.
>
> Hard Drive design and development moves at a extremely rapid pace.
> Time to market and innovation is key in the disk drive business.
> Manufacturers like Hitachi, Fujitsu and Seagate have to release newer
> hardware every month to keep ahead of the competition. Whereas
> obtaining FIPs certification is a slow and time consuming process. By
> the time these manufacturers obtain FIPS for a certain hardware, that
> hardware is already few generations old.
>