Toshiba brings self-erasing hard drives to the market

[@mazingAG]

CNET is reporting that Toshiba will soon be launching a brand new line of hard drives which can either delete or protect data if the drive ends up in the wrong hands. Scott Wright, a product manager of storage devices at Toshiba, said "digital systems vendors recognize the need to help their customers protect sensitive data from leakage or theft, Toshiba's security technologies provide designers of copiers, printers, PCs, and other systems with new capabilities to help address these important security concerns."

The new collection of drives, featuring AES 256bit encryption, will contain technology which is able to "detect if the drive is connected to an unknown and undefined computer or other system." If that scenario is detected then the data can either be locked down so the user is unable to view it or the whole drive can be totally wiped. The article reports that the technology can be applied to "specific data on the drive" and that the user will be able to "choose how and when to render the data indecipherable".

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[Bearcat]

Thanks for the news @mazingAG. I like the idea behind having this kind of added to protection.

[hsakarp_kahtap]

Thanks for the news @mazingAG. I like the idea behind having this kind of added to protection.

I agree with Bearcat, a nice product for security & defense agencies.

[JayCub]

Thank you @mazingAG although i couldn't see me buying one to be honest the pc is really heavy, maybe a laptop version, i like the idea of the drive been locked down, but as my luck runs it would be wiped

[@mazingAG]

I guess security agencies or people dealing with high confidential data will get more out of this than a general home users. But i must say its a nice concept.

[Bearcat]

I guess security agencies or people dealing with high confidential data will get more out of this than a general home users.

True for the most part, but I have personal data I keep encrypted on HDD I use only for backup and this would be an nice added level of security, should my house ever be robbed.