Seagate and Dell Offer Self-Encrypting Hard Drives

Seagate on Monday announced what it called "sweeping advances" in its efforts to secure laptop information. Its solution is self-encrypting laptop hard drives with up to 320GB of capacity. The company said 500GB models are coming soon.

Dell will be the first computer maker to ship a laptop with Seagate's 160GB self-encrypting hard drive. And McAfee will provide software for enterprise-wide management of laptops with Seagate secure hard drives.