Self-encrypting hard drive from Seagate
Seagate has unveiled the hard drive dubbed Momentus, which attracts attention with a very interesting feature.
And this is the ability to encode and decode the data of the hard disk in real time when copying and reading. We have had the opportunity to do this before, for example TrueCrypt using a program called. There was a problem with these software encryptions, namely their speed, as they use the central unit to perform the encryptions, so we have to reckon with a large speed loss in the case of a more complex algorithm. At Seagate, this problem has been solved with a processor built into the hard drive that uses 128-bit AES encryption, which greatly simplifies and speeds up working with the hard drive. After entering the password, the user gets full access to the hard disk, is free to modify, delete its contents, and create new files and directories.
The Momentus 5400.2 FDE hard drive has an engine speed of 5400 rpm and a cache of 8 MB. It communicates with the motherboard via a 150 Mbps serial ATA interface. It is expected to be available in the first half of next year with 60, 80 and 160 gigabytes of capacity. It is also important to mention the access time of 12.5 milliseconds.
The idea of encryption came from the fact that Seagate claims that companies do much more damage to lost, important business data than the lost hardware itself, in this case most often the laptop. This way, with an encrypted hard drive, thieves can’t do anything and confidential corporate data won’t fall into the wrong hands. And the largest hard drive company will certainly be able to make a lot of money with these solutions.
