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U.S. Gov't to use Full Disk Encryption on All Computers
From: "Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:09:24 -0500
To address the issue of data leaks from stolen or missing laptops, US Government is planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all of the Government owned computers. On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate was put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the HDD. The US Government is currently conducting the largest single side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full Disk Encryption product. The evaluation will come to a end in 90 days. The selected product will be deployed on Millions of computers in the US federal government space. This implementation will end up being the largest single implementation ever, and all of the information regarding the competition is in the public domain. ...... Read complete text at: http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/fde_govt.html _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com http://lists.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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