Seagate Recovery Services Delivers New Data Erasure Solutions for Secure Data Leak Prevention and Regulatory Compliance of Corporate Data Assets

Seagate Recovery Services, a Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) company, today announced the availability of three new data erasure solutions to enable companies to address privacy and data security issues when disposing of or recycling IT equipment. The Seagate Data Eraser products utilize a series of advanced algorithms to erase all data from a disk drive so that proprietary and sensitive information does not get into the wrong hands. For many industries, legal regulations, such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), govern the handling of proprietary, sensitive or personal information. With personal and corporate data increasing at exponential rates and more sensitive information located on local PCs or notebook hard drives, organizations need to properly dispose of data so that they do not expose themselves to potential legal liability or in some cases, possible criminal prosecution. The Seagate Data Erasure products deliver among the fastest erasing speeds and outstanding control functions in the industry, and also provide a Certificate of Erasure so organizations can confidently dispose of or recycle a hard disk drive knowing that data has been erased. The products offer a choice of 13 data erasure programs, including NSA, DoD, US Armed Services, NCSC, NATO and Gutmann recommended methods, and are highly suitable for a variety of uses from erasing a single disk to providing a network-based solution for erasing a large inventory of disk drives. The Seagate Data Eraser products include: Seagate Data Eraser – USB Edition: a portable, hand-size device that can be connected to any PC to access and erase a disk drive. Seagate Data Eraser – Network Edition: a software-based solution, ideally suited for corporate IT departments, installed on a server that can erase data via corporate intranets on selected disk drives. Seagate Data Eraser – Disk Recycler Edition: a software-based solution that is designed for erasing large numbers of disks over a network connection. This is ideal for businesses that recycle their computers. "Our internal studies show that more than 50 percent of drives returned from customer data centers were not properly erased and still contained corporate data. With the growing amount of information kept on personal computers, sensitive customer and corporate data must be securely managed from the time it is created until it is destroyed,” said Jay Remley, president of the Seagate Recovery Services business unit of the Seagate Services Group. "A thorough internal data security process that utilizes the Seagate Data Eraser products will help organizations remove corporate data leaks and avoid the consequences of improper data disposal or access.” Seagate Technology today also announced its Cheetah® 15K.6 FDE hard drive, designed for data-at-rest protection in enterprise environments. The new self-encrypting drive protects access to data automatically when the drive is powered down so the security goes anywhere the hard drive goes - whether it is moved, stored, or retired, to provide best-in-class protection against the possibility of a data breach. For more information, visit www.fdesecurityleaders.com. About Seagate Recovery Services Seagate Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, is an industry forerunner and innovator in data recovery, migration, restoration and data security technologies that transform inaccessible data into accessible data. The company’s solutions are designed to effectively manage the impact of switching and transferring data to and from any storage platform and format while ensuring business continuity and cost competitiveness. Seagate Recovery Services is the industry’s first ISO 9001:2000 certified recovery services provider, serving thousands of consumer and business clients from its facilities around the globe. The company also provides 24 x 7 onsite critical response support anywhere in the world, in lab services, and software-based recovery products. For more information, please contact a Seagate Recovery Services expert at 800 475-0143 or visit http://services.seagate.com/srs. About Seagate Services Group The mission of the Seagate Services Group (a division of Seagate Technology) is to help protect and manage businesses’ most valuable information, by giving customers the ability to access their data when and as needed. The group’s trusted services and solutions are based on the most advanced technologies and are delivered, deployed and managed to suit unique business needs. The group is comprised of EVault, a trusted expert in comprehensive data protection solutions with software and outsourced services for backup, recovery, archiving, business continuity; Seagate Recovery Services, an industry forerunner and innovator in data recovery, data migration, and data accessibility solutions; and MetaLINCS, a leading provider of enterprise software for intelligent E-Discovery of relevant electronic messages and documents. For more information, please visit http://services.seagate.com. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are U.S. registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. Cheetah is either a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. 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