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Securing sensitive data is one of the greatest challenges faced by many enterprises. Increasing regulatory and legislative demands and the constantly changing threat landscape have brought data security to the forefront of IT issues. Several of the most important data security threats are related to protection of the user data in storage environments, where drive loss and theft are primary risk factors. Dell PowerMax Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE) protects data confidentiality by adding back-end encryption to the entire array.
D@RE for PowerMax 2500/8500 provides full on-array, back-end encryption using Dell qualified, industry-standard self-encrypting drives (SEDs). These SEDs are FIPS 140-2 validated and NVMe/TCG standard compliant. The SED is configured in secure mode when D@RE is enabled. This mode ensures that the data on the drive is protected from unauthorized access even when the physical drives are removed from the array.