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Centrally Managing Access to Self-Encrypting Drives in Lenovo System x Servers Using IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager

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Published on 16 March 2015

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ISBN-10: 0738440493
ISBN-13: 9780738440491
IBM Form #: SG24-8247-00


Authors: Ryan Bradley, Ryan Bradley and Angelo Parisi

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    Abstract

    Data security is one of the paramount requirements for organizations of all sizes. Although many companies invested heavily in protection from network-based attacks and other threats, few effective safeguards are available to protect against potentially costly exposures of proprietary data that results from a hard disk drive being stolen, misplaced, retired, or redeployed.

    Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) can satisfy this need by providing the ultimate in security for data-at-rest and can help reduce IT drive retirement costs in the data center. Self-encrypting drives are also an excellent choice if you must comply with government or industry regulations for data privacy and encryption.

    To effectively manage a large deployment of SEDs in Lenovo® System x® servers, an organization must rely on a centralized key management solution. This IBM Redbooks® publication explains the technology behind SEDs and demonstrates how to deploy a key management solution that uses IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager and properly setup your System x servers.

    Table of Contents

    Part 1. Technology and configuration

    Chapter 1. Technology primer

    Chapter 2. Supported systems and sample configuration

    Part 2. Hands-on configuration

    Chapter 3. IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager setup

    Chapter 4. Integrated Management Module configuration

    Chapter 5. UEFI configuration

    Chapter 6. Managing your System x server SED deployment

    Appendix A. Local key management alternatives

    Appendix B. Troubleshooting

    Appendix C. Licenses and software

     

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