Self-Encrypting Hard Drives and the New Security

In a recent blog post, CNet's Jon Oitsik has called for a policy shift with respect to data encryption. A new standard by the Trusted Computing Group promises the availability of self-encrypting hard drives soon, leading some to call for immediate adoption. Will this create even more security problems due to lazy custodians, or should someone responsible for keeping your information safe be required to move to the new hardware? Hopefully the new hardware comes with a warning to continue to use other data protection measures as well.

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the unmentioned scary TPM?

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surely the worst part of any of this is the prospect of only 'certified' software applications able to do I/O on one of these hardware based encryption discs - think region encoded DVDs. i bet RIAA and the rest of the IP hounds cant wait for this one to go mainstream.