Who makes the software to manage the Seagate Secure feature set on Momentus FDE drives?
Software companies other than Seagate manufacture the tools that can control FDE drives. The FDE disc drive is designed to restrict access to the data regions of the media until valid password authentication is accomplished. Besides simple passwords, there are multifactor authentication biometric devices such as fingerprint readers that could be used as part of the authentication strategy. Theoretically, somebody might want multiple levels of control with passwords and fingerprints – maybe even more controls. Some software is designed for a single system drive, while others are an enterprise-wide architecture to control many systems.
Software companies other than Seagate manufacture the tools that can control FDE drives. The FDE disk drive is designed to restrict access to the data regions of the media until valid password authentication is accomplished. Besides simple passwords, there are multifactor authentication biometric devices such as fingerprint readers that could be used as part of the authentication strategy. Theoretically, somebody might want multiple levels of control with passwords and fingerprints – maybe even more controls. Some software is designed for a single system drive, while others are an enterprise-wide architecture to control many systems.
