Security Issues with Solid State Drives
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As prices of solid state drives (SSDs) drop significantly, they are gaining in popularity to the traditional hard drives. However, the SSDs have security issues of their own:
“…SSDs may offer better data security than traditional hard drives, but they do not completely erase data and are vulnerable to physical hacks from light sources like an ultraviolet laser, experts say.”
link: SSDs Are Hot, but Not Without Security Risks
It is reported that the encryption keys can be hacked easily. This could present possible risks to personal information and large data bases. Encryption has been touted as one of the basic steps to safeguard data from being used for identity theft.
Catherine Forsythe
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leftystrat
August 22nd, 2008
at 3:07pm
If the encryption keys are easily cracked, can one use other additional types of encryption (Truecrypt?) on top of the included one?