Toshiba, Wave Partner on Mobile PC Disk Encryption

Toshiba Storage Device Division and Wave Systems Corp. have formed an alliance to develop a robust standards-based solution for the secure encryption of data on mobile computing platforms, such as laptop PCs.

The full disk encryption solution integrates Toshiba’s HDD encryption technology and an enhanced version of Wave’s EMBASSY Trusted Drive Manager and Remote Administration Server products for the management and administration of encrypting hard drives. Toshiba and Wave will demonstrate development versions of these products at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco next week.

Wave has extended its client software, EMBASSY Trust Suite (ETS), which includes the Trusted Drive Manager, and the EMBASSY Remote Administration Server, to provide cross-vendor support for encrypting HDDs from multiple disk drive OEMs, including Toshiba's HDD encryption technology. ETS also manages other PC trusted computing hardware components such as Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), biometric finger print sensors and smart card readers. ETS is an industry-leading trusted computing software, with more than 30 million copies shipped via Wave’s major PC OEM partners.

"Stronger security for information on mobile PCs is becoming a high-demand feature as customers look for solutions to protect sensitive personal and business data," says Maciek Brzeski, Vice President of Marketing at Toshiba Storage Device Division.  "Building on our legacy of HDD innovation and technology leadership, our partnership with Wave Systems enhances our current encryption technology platform and provides mobile PC manufacturers with advanced security features to deliver the data protection mobile users require."

For more information, visit www.toshibastorage.com or www.wave.com.