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How does securedoc stop installation of opal sed?


Asked by Simon McDaniel on Dec 11, 2021 FAQ



SecureDoc now successfully halts installation with a notification message when it detects an Opal Self-Encrypting Drive protected with BlockSID. BlockSID is a feature that can prevent an OPAL SED from becoming managed.
In fact,
With that said, if one of these OPAL SED's is removed by a thief from the laptop then they have full access to they data (at least with how the drives are currently configured). My question becomes what is the purpose of having an OPAL SED if you don't add a hard drive password or pre-boot password or use software encryption on top of it?
In addition, The SecureDoc Client software installation process now checks and gracefully stops the installation at an early stage if it detects that ATA Security has been enabled on OPAL/SED systems.
Similarly,
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) supporting Opal 2.0 use hardware encryption technology to secure data stored in them. By encrypting the entire drive, users do not have to worry about their data being accessed if the drive, laptop or mobile device gets stolen or lost.
And,
Hardware encryption support is available with SecureDoc client installations on Windows, Mac and Linux OS platforms and the majority of Opal compliant SED’s are currently supported. SEDs can be easily integrated into existing deployments and are compatible with SecureDoc’s PBConnex network-based pre-boot authentication.