The "Big Six" have agreed a hardware encryption standard:
[Modified for grammar and sense]Quote:
The world's six largest computer drive makers today published the final specifications(download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid state drives (SSD) and encryption key management applications. Once enabled, any disk that uses the specification will be locked without the password -- and the password will be needed even before a computer boots.
Article here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...9&pageNumber=1
Any bets on how long it will be before we get a "forgotten the password" post on AO? :D
