HP High Performance Secure Hard Disk - Overview

HP High-Performance Secure Hard disk White Paper Sept 2008
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1 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. The industry has coined a term for confidential data on storage media, it is
called "data at rest".
2 Customer experience
The encrypted hard disk will be a customer-installed option. Both internal and EIO hard
disks will be available allowing for flexibility in deployment:
• An internal hard disk may replace an existing MFP internal hard disk.
• An EIO hard disk may be added to an MFP or SFP, or replace an existing hard disk.
Hard disk encryption will be supported in most shipping products; however for legacy
devices it will be necessary to update the device’s firmware before hard disk encryption
can be utilized.
To prevent ambiguity of data security, only one encrypted hard disk may be “locked” to
a device at a time, and any additional installed hard disks will be disabled from access.
By default, a printer will automatically configure a newly installed encrypted hard disk,
requiring no customer intervention. The customer can validate encryption is enabled
using status pages or the Embedded Web Server (EWS).
Migration of data, including installed applications, digital sending and security settings,
will not be available in the first phase release, and the customer will be responsible for
reinstalling any needed settings or applications. A migration procedure is being
developed, and will be published on the product website when available.
If the printer detects an encrypted hard disk that is configured for a different printer, or if
the printer is configured for encryption and the correct hard disk is not present, manual
intervention by the administrator will be required to re-enable the hard disk.
3 Installation
Installing the internal hard disk option requires replacing the existing hard disk by
removing the printer’s side panel and transferring the data and power cables. EIO hard
disks are inserted
into an open EIO slot.