Origin Storage's 1TB Data Locker Has Arrived

A Serious Effect on a Firm's Share Price and Longer-Term Reputation

(29.03.10) - Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has today announced the arrival of their one terabyte (1TB) Data Locker, The Data Locker Secure Drive gives users peace of mind in the unfortunate event that their data storage device is lost or stolen, the 1TB Data Locker is a high capacity portable hard drive.

According to Andy Cordial, Origin Storage’s managing director, he expects the 1TB device, which can easily store two or more hard drive images from a typical desktop or a laptop PC, to be used in a variety of situations, as organisations grapple with the fact that penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act will soar a hundred-fold - from £5,000 to £500,000 - with effect from the 6th of April this year.

"The Information Commissioner’s Office has already indicated that it will penalise those organisations that experience a data leak, loss or theft which could reasonably have been prevented," he said.

"And financial penalties aside, there is the credibility issue that arises when a company has been pilloried in the media for failing to protect its staff or customer data. This can have a serious effect on a firm’s share price and longer-term reputation," he added.

It’s against this backdrop that Cordial says he expects the 1TB Data Locker to appeal to a broad spectrum of users, ranging from laptop users wanting to secure their data for home working or whilst on the move, to IT departments looking for a means of quickly backing up data via the supplied USB cable, then securing the drive using its PIN/password protection system.

And, Cordial explained, because the Data Locker is so portable, it’s increasingly being used by organisations wanting to backup their data in a highly secure manner, and placing the unit in a physically secure environment, such as a fire-proof safe. (Origin Storage: ra)