Re: UC Berkeley Prof warning a class of students that the person who stole his laptop is in a heck of a lot of trouble....

["Ruano, Jose L" <jruano () MIAMI EDU>]

I would have to agree with you; the professor should have had encryption
software loaded and it ought to have been password protected thus
preventing any unauthorized user from accessing or coping sensitive
material. I think the professor was very negligent in storing critical
data on a laptop and not securing it appropriately. If the laptop in
fact had all the information that he claimed I think he should have been
more careful

Jose L. Ruano
Information Technology Security
University of Miami
305.284.4841



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John Nunnally
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] UC Berkeley Prof warning a class of students
that the person who stole his laptop is in a heck of a lot of
trouble....

Also, wouldn't this professor be held accountable for putting all of
this
secure information on a laptop that he leaves laying around in public
places
when someone could pick it up and walk off with it? He can rave all he
wants, but he was the one responsible for securing all this stuff, not
the
thief.  I don't see the thief being guilty of anything but theft.  The
professor is a different story.

John N.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Amesbury
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:44 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] UC Berkeley Prof warning a class of
> students that the person who stole his laptop is in a heck of
> a lot of trouble....
>
> H. Morrow Long wrote:
>
> > Price of stolen notebook PC:    $$ thousands
> > Price of stolen data:                   $$ millions
> > Value of this lecture:                  priceless
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/20/berkeley_laptop_thie.html
>
>
> I mentioned this to a few friends, and one remarked:
>
>     So the real moral of the story is, if you want to hire a
> professor for a
>     research project, first ask him if he knows what a
> "backup" is.  Various
>     follow-up questions might include things like, "what
> basic steps will
>     you take to secure our $100,000,000 investment?"
>
>
> Valid questions, indeed.
>
>
> --
> Alan Amesbury
> University of Minnesota
>
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