Combining High-Grade Security, Simplicity,
Performance and Reliability, New Platform and First ArmorLock
Encrypted NVMe SSD Redefine Professional Workflows
Underscoring its mission to enable the world to solve its
biggest data challenges by building a data infrastructure with
next-gen security, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today introduced
the ArmorLock™ Security Platform. A data encryption platform that
rethinks how data security should be done, the ArmorLock Security
Platform was created to help with the diverse security demands of
data-centric and content-critical storage use cases in industries
as varied as finance, government, healthcare, IT enterprise, legal,
and media and entertainment. As data security concerns continue to
rise in visibility, Western Digital plans to apply the platform
across a range of storage solutions.
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The first product to leverage this advanced technology, the new
G-Technology™ ArmorLock™ encrypted NVMe™ SSD, is designed to
deliver an easy-to-use, high-performance, high-grade security
storage solution for creators in the media and entertainment
industry. Facing the threat of hijacked media files and leaked
films, studios, agencies, and especially investors are demanding a
better way to protect critical content. While much of the
industry’s focus has been on cloud security, data often remains
vulnerable on the portable storage devices holding critical
commercial content.
Unlike password-based encryption technologies that interrupt
workflows and prevent fast availability to digital assets, the
ArmorLock Security Platform delivers unmatched security that allows
the content owner to control how data is accessed and by whom. The
ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD delivers this technology with
simplicity, reliability and speed while protecting mission-critical
content.
“For our customers, data and digital assets are their essential
competitive advantage, and encryption has become mandatory in order
to protect these resources in many industries. We built the
ArmorLock Security Platform with the belief that the world needs
new, fundamental technologies to enable data privacy without
hampering data availability while helping to protect against data
breaches,” said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general
manager of Consumer Solutions Products, Western Digital. “By
combining this new platform with our world-class NVMe SSD products,
we are addressing the real pain points our customers face when
trying to secure their creative workflows while also allowing them
to capture, preserve and access their data at scale and at
speed.”
Tom Mitchell, technical director, Mission Digital, said, “We
have always gravitated toward G-Technology drives as they have used
well-built components that have offered enhanced reliability and
performance. With big studios and streaming services wanting to
protect their assets, there has been a big move to using encrypted
media, but in some cases, that comes with a performance hit.
ArmorLock fills those needs perfectly; providing a drive that is
fast, rugged, water-resistant, reliable and encrypted! It’s the
drive the industry has been crying out for.”
New ArmorLock Platform Enables Next-Gen Security,
Simply
The ArmorLock Security Platform demonstrates Western Digital’s
commitment to providing data storage solutions that enable
leading-edge, high-grade security products that everyone can easily
use. A comprehensive set of technologies covers the ArmorLock
product lifecycle from manufacturing to out-of-the-box setup,
in-field updates, and configuration and key management that ties
directly into hardware-backed modules and biometric protection on
some of the latest smartphone and desktop platforms. Designed to
help improve how people manage critical data, the ArmorLock
platform eliminates the tradeoff between fast access to data and
privacy by delivering both at the same time.
Building on its legacy of contributions to open source with
RISC-V and OpenTitan, Western Digital also announced the open
source release of Sweet B, the high-performance core cryptography
library that underlies the ArmorLock Security Platform. Sweet B is
designed to provide a new level of safety and assurance in open
source elliptic curve cryptography and its GitHub repository
includes documentation, a comprehensive test suite, and an
independent third-party audit by the security research firm Trail
of Bits.
Key features of the ArmorLock Security Platform include:
- Manufacturing technologies that provision each device with a
root of trust and digital certificate of product authenticity
- Simple and robust firmware updates delivered straight from the
ArmorLock app
- Open source, third party audited core cryptography with
side-channel attack mitigation
- Sandboxed smartphone and desktop applications delivered through
platform-native app stores – no special installer required
- Communications over wireless and wired connections with
zero-touch certificate-based provisioning
- Password-less authentication and key exchange technologies that
directly link storage encryption to hardware-backed biometric
authentication
- Zero-knowledge public key management that helps protect your
privacy even if the ArmorLock device is lost or stolen
High-Grade Security with Pro-grade Speed and NVMe
Technology
The ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD – delivering up to 1000MB/s*
read and write speeds via a SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps port – sets a new
standard for high-speed encryption products by combining both
ease-of-use and next-generation “zero knowledge” security. With the
ArmorLock app, users can unlock the device wirelessly with their
phone, using face recognition, a fingerprint, or the phone’s
passcode ensuring lost passwords don’t cause missed deadlines. The
SSD provides encryption without getting in the way of the workflow
by enabling collaboration without the need to tape PINs to the
drive.
The ArmorLock mobile and desktop apps also provide fleet
managers the ability to configure and manage multiple drives and
multiple users to control who has access. Especially important for
collaborative workflows that require safe shipping of content
between physical locations, the next-gen security in ArmorLock
devices enables teams to authorize remote users before sharing the
drives using popular messaging and email services.
Other key features of the ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD and
ArmorLock app include:
- Simple to setup and easy unlock with your smartphone via the
ArmorLock app
- High-grade 256-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption
- Secure erase and reformat to your favorite file system in one
step
- Track the last known location of the drive on a map
- In-field updates for continued security support, improvements,
and new features
- Ultra-rugged durability with IP67 dust/water resistance, up to
3M drop protection*** and 1000lb crush resistance
Pricing and Availability
The ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD is available today in the
Western Digital Store and from select e-tailers and retailers in
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany. The
SSD is available in 2TB** for MSRP $599 in the United States. The
ArmorLock app for iOS and macOS is available for free download:
https://www.GetArmorLock.com/Apps.
Resources:
How-to videos ArmorLock Platform White paper Open Source: Sweet
B Encryption
*As used for transfer rate, 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second.
Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host
device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors. **As
used for storage capacity, 1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual user
capacity may be less depending on operating environment. ***On a
carpeted concrete floor.
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About Western Digital
Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. As a
leader in data infrastructure, the company is driving the
innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access and
transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. Everywhere data
lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal
devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities
of data. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western
Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk®, and WD® brands.
Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, G-Technology, the
G-Technology logo and ArmorLock are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the
U.S. and/or other countries. The NVMe™ word mark is a trademark of
NVM Express, Inc. All other marks are the property of their
respective owners. Product specifications subject to change without
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including the expected availability, benefits, features, pricing
and performance of the new ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD and the
ArmorLock mobile and desktop applications. There are a number of
risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking
statements to be inaccurate including, among others: changes to
specifications from standards organizations, future responses to
and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, volatility in global economic
conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage
ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market
acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product
components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in
competing technologies; our development and introduction of
products based on new technologies and expansion into new data
storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures,
mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing, and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the company's most recently filed periodic report, to
which your attention is directed. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to
update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent
events or circumstances.
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