Origin Storage reveal new laptop encryption software

Origin Storage has today revealed new laptop encryption software called the Enigma SED. 

The self-encrpyted drive has been designed to secure laptops should they become lost or fall into the wrong hands. Security is a major factor for many businesses, particularly those with mobile workers, and Origin Storage are hoping the new Enigma SED could be the quick, cost-effective solution companies have been looking for. 

It's been on display at the Infosecurity Europe exhibition which is taking place from today until Thursday at Earl's Court in London. 

The Enigma SED conforms to the latest Trusted Computing Group OPAL Self-Encrypting Drive standard and provides permanent full disk encryption, which means there's no loss of speed when reading or writing data. 

"With over 3500 laptops going missing every week in European airports and the average cost of a data breach to an organisation is currently at £1.7 million (€1.87 million); it's now imperative that organisations take extra precautions to protect the data stored on all their computer systems, especially laptops," said Origin Storage's Andy Cordial.

"With the recent introduction of the ICO fines that will bring higher financial penalties to organisations that fail to implement measures to safe guard data, the Enigma SED range has a vast target market, ranging from SMB users to Local Authorities."

The Enigma SED can be set so that all the data on your laptop is automatically encrypted which makes data management easy, while self-help passwords make it simple for you to re-access your files. It is 100% compatible with SATA based notebooks which have been specifically designed for the SME market and is due to go on sale later this year.