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Wave Systems' Data Protection Software Supports Seagate's New Faster, Higher Capacity Self-Encrypting Hard Drives Shipping on Dell E-Series Notebooks
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LEE, MA, November 10 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX) today announced
the availability of enhanced versions of EMBASSY Trust Suite, including
Trusted Drive Manager, which incorporate support for the new Momentus FDE
7200RPM and 5400RPM self-encrypting drives from Seagate Technology LLC, the
storage leader's largest-capacity and fastest hardware-based Full Disk
Encryption (FDE) drives to date. In addition, the new versions of Wave's
industry-leading trusted computing software being shipped by Dell include
support for secure Windows Standby mode, pre-boot authentication, single
sign-on and Windows password synchronization.
The combined Wave and Seagate offering, available on Dell's E-Series line
of Latitude notebooks and several Precision(TM) Mobile Workstation models,
supports Dell's new unique Secure Standby solution which, in addition to
hibernation mode, does not expose either the encryption keys or the user
authentication credentials within the operating system. All encryption and
password authentication is done within the security hardware of the
self-encrypting disk drive, not in the software of the operating system.
This hardware-based solution continues to allow users to have fast, easy
access to their systems, without the security exposures inherent in
software-only solutions.
"Wave and Seagate Technology continue to offer superior ease of use from
the industry's first AES government-grade self-encrypting disk drive
coupled with strong security management for laptop computers," said Tom
Major, vice president of marketing, Personal Compute Business, Seagate
Technology LLC. "With Seagate's new Momentus FDE self-encrypting drives,
this capability is available with no-compromise, desktop PC-like
performance for organizations of all sizes."
Wave has also added important new integration and usability features to its
management software. Wave's pre-boot authentication integrates with
hardware features on the new Dell systems to allow for biometric and smart
card access to the self-encrypting drives. A single sign-on feature now
allows enterprises to select the option to automatically log users into
their Windows system based on their secure pre-boot authentication without
requiring separate logons. A new companion feature, Windows Password
Synchronization, assures that any changes to either the self-encrypting
drive or Windows passwords are automatically synchronized between the
operating system and the drive. Wave's software support for the high
performance self-encrypting drives is available for both Windows XP and
Vista operating systems.
"Wave is committed to providing support for one of the leading
hardware-based data protection solutions on the market today. By utilizing
Dell's Secure Standby feature, customers can immediately address a
vulnerability common to software FDE: the safe storage of encryption keys
and credentials," said Lark Allen, executive vice president, Wave Systems.
"The strongest security is achieved by protecting keys and sensitive
processes within trusted hardware, as evidenced by the new hardware
solutions for data protection. Wave is committed to providing this level of
strong data protection through its management capabilities for industry
leading hardware providers like Seagate."
The Momentus FDE hard drives are powered by Seagate Secure technology, a
Seagate security platform that couples strong, fully automated
hardware-based full-disk encryption with Wave's client and server-based
software applications to deliver centralized provisioning and management,
strong
pre-boot user authentication and other capabilities that help lock down
personal computer and data center storage. The drives provide ironclad
protection against theft of data on lost or stolen computers and enable
organizations of all sizes to comply with consumer laws and state and
federal legislation requiring identity theft protection.
The Seagate? Momentus? 7200 FDE drive delivers up to 320 GB of secure
digital storage using Seagate Secure(TM) technology, which is designed to
prevent data breaches due to loss or theft on the road, in the office and
in the data center. Wave uses Seagate Secure technology to enable secure
disposal and repurposing of drives for both local and remote management
scenarios.
The Seagate? Momentus? 5400.3 FDE drive also delivers up to 320 GB of
secure digital storage and two types of hardware encryption. Consumers who
simply require hardware-based encryption can purchase the BIOS FDE version
of the drive with Wave's TDM software to get easy, strong encryption with
no performance impact. For corporate or small to medium businesses that
require security management, the Enterprise mode FDE drive delivers
technology to comply with regulations for security auditing and personal
information protection.
About Wave Systems Corp.
Wave provides software to help solve critical enterprise PC security
challenges such as strong authentication, data protection, network access
control and the management of these enterprise functions. Wave is a pioneer
in hardware-based PC security and a founding member of the Trusted
Computing Group (TCG), a consortium of nearly 140 PC industry leaders that
forged open standards for hardware security. Wave's EMBASSY? line of
client- and server-side software leverages and manages the security
functions of the TCG's industry standard hardware security chip, the
Trusted Platform Module (TPM). TPMs are included on tens of millions of PCs
and are standard equipment on many enterprise-class PCs shipping
today. Using TPMs and Wave software, enterprises can substantially and
cost-effectively strengthen their current security solutions. For more
information about Wave and its solutions, visit http://www.wave.com.
About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of
hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range
of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer
Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate's business model leverages
technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver
industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the
goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it
participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products,
customer support and reliability to meet the world's growing demand for
information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at
http://www.seagate.com.
Seagate and Seagate Technology are registered trademarks of Seagate
Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Momentus,
Seagate Secure and G-Force Protection are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in
the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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changes in consumer and corporate buying habits, chip development and
production, the rapid pace of change in the technology industry and other
factors over which Wave Systems Corp. has little or no control. Wave
Systems assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
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For more information please contact:
Company:
Wave Systems Corp.
Michael Wheeler
413-243-7026Email Contact
Wave IR Contact:
Jaffoni & Collins
David Collins / Ratula Roy
212-835-8500Email Contact
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