Seagate Refreshes Encryption Drives

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Seagate Refreshes Encryption Drives

Seagate has fortified its BlackArmor line of self-encrypting hard drives, announcing an external PC unit, a revised network-attached storage (NAS), and a follow-up portable drive.

The drive features a new look, taken from the FreeAgent products, but a specification that bar the higher capacities available of up to 500GB, appears to be much the same as the old USB 2.0 unit.

The key will be in the internal hardware and drivers, which speed the unit's automatic encryption and decryption of data.

Desktop drive

The company has upgraded its new desktop external drive, the WS 110, which now sports an eSATA interface in addition to USB 2.0. The drive also comes with the company's SafetyDrill+ 'bare metal' drive imaging software, which could be a useful step up from the usual cut-down backup programs that ship with such drives.

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