Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[Ispro]

D&O.....relationships and their purpose.

There are two (sorry three(FDE from STX)) possibilities to bring hardware security and protection in the game. Software encryption vendors try to maintain the leading role in encryption, so they have to add value to their products.

One of the solution is to bind information like keys in/with the BIOS.
The second possibility is to store and generate keys in the TPM (or the FDE krypto chip)

For example HP and Dell and many other OEMs relied on BIOS for Preboot and Harddisc password for years. Now they stepped to TPMs.

There is no question what place is more secure. You can try it for yourself. Take the BIOS battery of your motherboard, wait a few minutes and look if the harddisc is still protected or the preboot mechanism still works.

Well you can´t bypass the TPM.....

BR

ISPRO