Paper Title: Making Your Data Secure Today with the New TCG Ruby Standard

Paper Abstract: The ever increasing frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks has brought data security to the forefront. Organizations everywhere are seeking solutions that help protect their data and avoid embarrassing, expensive breaches. The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is currently finalizing its Ruby Standard for data-only devices such as SSDs. It introduces significant data security enhancements above and beyond the existing TCG Opal and Enterprise Standards, thereby making data at rest more secure. The TCG Ruby standard is a critical step in helping meet storage security needs.

Paper Author: Drew Tipton, Technical Product Manager, Toshiba America

Author Bio: Drew Tipton is a Technical Product Manager at Toshiba for the DataCenter SSD product lines. In that role, he defines SSD products to meet advanced datacenter and software defined storage (SDS) requirements. Before joining Toshiba, he worked for DellEMC/XtremIO, Citrix, and Veritas/Symantec in sales, product marketing, and product management roles. Drew is an active participant in SNIA, including being the co-chair of the Solid State Storage Systems Technical Working Group (TWG) and the chair of the Workload TWG. He is also a member of the Trusted Computing Group's Storage TWG. He is an accomplished Windows systems architect and holds a CISSP (Certified Information Security Systems Professional) certification. Drew earned a BNE in Nuclear Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico.