The Opal industry-standards effort unveiled this week by the Trusted Computing Group should prove a boon to information technology professionals exploring desktop encryption options. The Opal ...

Hard drive manufacturers back new disk encryption standard Six hard drive manufacturers have joined forces behind a standard for firmware … Joel Hruska – Jan 29, 2009 12:09 pm | 15 ...

I am a bit confused by all the full disk encryption methods available between hardware options like OPAL and software/hardware options like Bitlocker for a X1 Carbon Generation 6 thinkpad.

The duo says that the vulnerabilities they have discovered affect "ATA security" and "TCG Opal", which are two specifications for implementing encryption on SSDs that use hardware-based encryption.

Full Disk Encryption Comes to Solid State DrivesLee, MA and San Jose, CA: Wave Systems Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., have collaborated to give professionals on the go the ultimate in ...

OWC reveals fast 4TB secure portable SSD for less than $530 - 256-bit AES OPAL hardware encryption, touchscreen, but no IP rating. ... it is even roomier than the biggest hard disk drives out there.

The Opal industry-standards effort unveiled this week by the should prove a boon to information technology professionals exploring desktop encryption options. The , as it’s officially called, offers a ...