IBM improves magnetic tape encryption

BIG BLUE has released some new technology for its storage units, which it says can encrypt magnetic tape data on the fly so that it is inaccessible to those who manage to steal it.

The technology has been embedded into IBM's TS1120 storage system, so that it is encrypted as it is recorded.

The method involves some public encryption key methods employed by IBM's powerful zSeries mainframe and supports the Encryption Key Manager for the Java platform standard.

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