05.134.2008 - Seagate Secure™ Self-Encrypting Laptop Hard Drives Earn National Security Agency Qualification for National Security Systems

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-May 13, 2008-Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today announced that the National Security Agency (NSA) has qualified the Momentus® 5400 FDE.2 hard drive, the storage industry’s landmark self-encrypting laptop PC hard drive, for use in laptops and other computers deployed by U.S. government agencies and contractors for national security purposes. With the NSA qualification, the Momentus 5400 FDE.2 hard drive meets one of the highest standards for securing sensitive information - the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Policy (NSTISSP) #11. NSTISSP #11 defines requirements for a wide variety of products that “satisfy a diversity of security requirements to include providing confidentiality for data, as well as authenticating the identities of individuals or organizations exchanging sensitive information.”* - View Press Release - Visit Seagate Technology LLC