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Simplified Drive
Encryption
for Dell Latitude
Notebooks
Dell™ Latitude ™ D630 and Latitude D830 notebooks By Brian Berger
D
eploying encryption in an enterprise envi- make supporting users at remote locations as easy
ronment can be critical to maintaining as supporting those at an enterprise’s headquarters,
effective security, but can also be compli- and helping prevent users or remote administrators
cated to set up—requiring significant advance plan- from inadvertently compromising data security.
ning, coordination, and time. To help simplify this And because the drive encryption is designed to
task, Dell Latitude D630 and Latitude D830 note- be constantly enabled, these features also help sim-
books with Seagate Momentus FDE.2 hard drives plify compliance with data protection laws and
and EMBASSY management software from Wave regulations.
Systems allow administrators to rapidly set up and
enable hardware-based drive encryption and bypass Assessing the network environment
Related Categories: time-consuming procedures such as running the EMBASSY management software from Wave
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several hours on a typical 160 GB drive. FDE.2 drives in Dell Latitude D630 and Latitude
Wave Systems
These data protection features are designed to D830 notebooks to help maximize security in envi-
be not only powerful, but also easy to use, compre- ronments based on Windows operating systems
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for the complete category index. hensively integrated, and scalable. The drive is and the Microsoft Active Directory® directory ser-
designed to encrypt all files copied to it with a key vice. EMBASSY Remote Administration Server
stored in a secure area of the drive, without the per- (ERAS) is designed to integrate into existing Active
formance overhead associated with software-based Directory domains, essentially adding a second
solutions for secure read and write operations. For layer of protection to these Latitude notebooks by
end users, a provided password can be easily syn- adding user-based authentication to the drive. A
chronized with an existing Microsoft® Windows® OS simple administration console allows administrators
password, helping minimize the need for training familiar with Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
and help-desk assistance and potentially making snap-ins for Active Directory to easily grant permis-
data protection as simple as closing the notebook sions to existing users and perform many other
after use. For administrators, robust reporting tools drive-related tasks.
can provide detailed event logs indicating whether Typically, a simple way to implement this technol-
preboot authentication has been enabled, helping ogy in an existing infrastructure is to acquire Latitude
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