Now, that's what I'm talkin' about. Thanks, Timothy, for the info. FWIW... to me, data stored on disk is data at rest. It may not be all the time, but I think that the intent of that phrase, as used in the regulations, is pretty clear. Whether they were correct in using it can be argued, for sure, but....
Thanks to everyone. Scott T. Harder Tech Support & Product Development ASPG, Inc. Ph: 239-649-1548 / Ext. 203 Fax: 239-649-6391 General Support Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Crypto-DASD? Yes, IBM announced full disk encryption for several DS8000 series storage models: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS109-120/ENUS109-120.PDF Lots of other interesting stuff in that announcement (and other announcements on February 10th), including Solid State Disk (SSD) support. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

