Trusted Computing Group to Address Data Protection and Key Management During Storage Visions 2008 Conference

Business Wire, Dec 4, 2007

Industry Standards Organization Will Showcase Trusted Drives and Applications

PORTLAND, Ore. -- At the Jan. 5-6 Storage Visions 2008 Conference at the Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas, the Trusted Computing Group and its member companies will address critical issues related to data protection and securing data and drives against loss, theft, and unauthorized use. Trusted Computing Group is a Bronze Sponsor of this annual gathering about data protection and storage issues.

Trusted Computing Group, an industry organization that enables computing security, has created a Trusted Storage specification. The free and non-proprietary specification supports security services for a variety of storage devices including hard drives, flash, tape and optical devices and is widely supported in the storage industry by vendors and relevant standards organizations.

Dr. Robert Thibadeau, chief technologist for Seagate Technology and chairman of the Trusted Computing Group's Storage Work Group, will talk to attendees on Saturday, January 5, 11 a.m., about the recently released specification and its implementation in hard drives and other storage devices in a session titled "Storage Intelligence and Content Protection." Walt Hubis, software architect, LSI Logic, will address key management issues during that session, with Felipe Rodriguez, senior solution engineer and architect, Secude, joining the Q&A for that session.

Demonstrations of trusted drives, key management and other applications from Seagate Technology, Secude Systems and Wave Systems will be shown in the Trusted Computing Group's exhibit during the conference.

In addition to its Trusted Storage specification, the Trusted Computing Group has just published an application note to enable developers to create key management services for devices based on the organization's Trusted Storage specification. The organization also has created a second subgroup, for optical storage devices, in its Trusted Storage work group. These efforts are intended to help developers create more secure storage devices to protect data against loss, theft, and unauthorized use. The Trusted Storage specification, application note and other information are available free at https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/groups/storage/.> "Security in personal storage devices is crucial for the protection of personal content in consumer electronic devices," stated Thomas Coughlin, chairman and organizer of the 2008 Storage Visions Conference. "We are pleased to have the Trusted Computing Group as a sponsor and participant in the 2008 Storage Visions Conference January 5 & 6, 2008 at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada."

People interested in attending and hearing about the important developments in storage security offered by the new Trusted Computing Group standards and other needed developments in storage for content creation, distribution and reception can attend the 2008 Storage Visions Conference (just before and a partner to the 2008 CES). Registration for the conference as well as conference hotel room registration is available at www.storagevisions.com.

More information and the organization's specifications and work groups are available at the Trusted Computing Group's website, www.trustedcomputinggroup.org

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