HP High Performance Secure Hard Disk - Overview

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White Paper

Sept 2008

Document Version: 3

Imaging and Printing Group

Hewlett-Packard Company

Contents

1 Introduction ........................... 2

2 Customer experience .............. 2

3 Installation............................. 2

4 Multiple Hard disks ................ 4

5 Encryption............................. 4

6 Status & Configuration............ 5

7 Unlocking and Crypto-

Erasing Hard disks ................. 6

8 Availability............................ 6

HP High Performance Secure

Hard disk

Abstract:

Many customers store sensitive information on their Imaging and

Printing Device hard disks. In high security installations, such as

government facilities and large enterprises, detrimental

consequences could result if this information fell into the wrong

hands. As a result, customers have requested that critical

information stored on the hard disk be encrypted. The industry has

coined a term for confidential data on storage media, it is called

"data at rest".

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Summary of content (6 pages)

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White Paper Sept 2008 Document Version: 3 Imaging and Printing Group Hewlett-Packard Company HP High Performance Secure Hard disk Abstract: Many customers store sensitive information on their Imaging and Printing Device hard disks. In high security installations, such as government facilities and large enterprises, detrimental consequences could result if this information fell into the wrong hands. As a result, customers have requested that critical information stored on the hard disk be encrypted.
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HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper 1 Sept 2008 Introduction Many customers store sensitive information on their Imaging and Printing Device hard disks. In high security installations, such as government facilities and large enterprises, detrimental consequences could result if this information fell into the wrong hands. As a result, customers have requested that critical information stored on the hard disk be encrypted.
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HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper Sept 2008 The two hard disk types with part numbers are: HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk (J8018A). HP High-Performance Secure EIO Hard disk (J8019A). For added physical security, the secure EIO hard disk (J8019A) includes an EIO lock adapter, shown here with the secure EIO hard disk. The adapter can be outfitted with a Kensington-type lock (with or without a cable).
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HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper Sept 2008 By default, at start-up, a newly discovered and unused encrypted hard disk will be automatically configured and “locked” to the device. The Drive Lock Key is a softwarebased key, not a physical key. An administrator may configure the device to not automatically lock newly discovered encrypted hard disks, in which case the hard disk will act as an unencrypted hard disk. The hard disk may be manually locked to the printer at a later time.
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HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper 6 Sept 2008 Status & Configuration The status of the hard disk system will be available remotely using the EWS and WJA interfaces, as well as locally using the Control Panel and Internal/Configuration Pages. Current status will include the present state of hard disk encryption (Enabled, Disabled), as well as a concise status message for any warning or error condition.
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HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper 7 Sept 2008 Unlocking and Crypto-Erasing Hard disks A locked hard disk may be unlocked from a printer. To prevent the risk of subsequent unauthorized access to the hard disk’s stored data, the hard disk’s internally managed encryption keys will be reset causing a “CryptoErase”, effectively erasing the entire hard disk contents.