Our sister site, InfoStor, reports that, with its new Defender Collection, removable storage vendor Imation has added encryption and authentication, among other security technologies to its devices in order to protect data "at rest."

The Defender Collection of devices meets international standards for encryption, including FIPS 140-2 (Levels 1 or 3, depending on device type).

The security features will be phased in across the various device types over the over the next sixty days. In each case, options include anti-virus and centralized management software.

InfoStor has the full story.