Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?

[Nate Henne <natehenne () WEBER EDU>]

> > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at  9:58 AM, in message <4ADF2FB3.9050201 () stanford edu>,
Paul Keser <pkeser () STANFORD EDU> wrote: 
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> I haven't played with it yet but they discussed it at the IT Pro tech
> briefing yesterday.  It looks like they have extended Bit Locker to
> support flash drives.  It also saves an executable to the flash drive
> fox XP.  No Mac support yet (ever?).
>
> You can store keys in AD like EFS.
>
> - -PaulK
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> Paul Keser
> Assoc. Information Security Officer
> Stanford University
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> Stanclift, Michael wrote:
> > Has anyone looked at the flash drive encryption built into Windows 7?
> >
> > *Michael Stanclift*
> >
> > *Network Analyst*
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> > P*Think before you print!*
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> > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> > [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Jones
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:08 AM
> > *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?
> >
> >  
> >
> > I think TrueCrypt is a great solution, as well.  However, it was a
> > little disconcerting to read an article on ThreatPost this morning that
> > showed how it can be defeated in a minute.  Yikes.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Christopher Jones
> >
> > IT Security Administrator
> >
> > University of the Fraser Valley
> >
> > > > > Gina Mieszczak <gmieszcz () IIT EDU> 10/20/2009 7:35 AM >>>
> > I second that.  Truecrypt is a great product.  Easy to work with.
> >
> > Gina
> >
> > Gina Mieszczak
> > Network Security Administrator
> > Email: gmieszcz () iit edu
> > Phone: 312.567.3879
> > Fax: 312.567.5968
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> > [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Durfee, Jeff
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:21 AM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?
> >
> > We also like IronKey drives, which are great, but pricey.
> >
> > If you don't need all the built-in features of IronKey, I'm recommending
> > TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org). Its free, flexible and very user-friendly.
> > Once we place it on a drive, all the user has to do is plug it in and enter
> > their password when prompted. After that, their secure volume appears to
> > them just like a normal drive. When the drive is removed from the PC, it is
> > fully encrypted and protected. It will work with pretty much any removable
> > drive.
> >
> >
> > ~Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Durfee
> > Director, IT Security
> > Univ. of North Florida
> > jdurfee () unf edu
> > Voice (904) 620-2820
> >
> > ****************************************************************************
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> > From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of David
> > Grisham
> > Sent: Mon 10/19/2009 6:50 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?
> >
> >
> >
> > We are looking IronKey for flash drives.  But we really need a broader
> > solution.  Has anyone implemented an endpoint encryption product that covers
> > the scope of NIST 800-111?  Health Care entities are going to be trying to
> > implement encryption on flash drives, laptops, CDs, DVDs, etc. in a way that
> > doesn't bring down our ability to provide patient care.  Cheers.-grish
> >
> > > > > Scott Dier <dierx002 () UMN EDU> 10/19/2009 4:53 PM >>>
> > I really like the ironkey line.  Cross platform support, a read only
> > mode, and autorun.inf checking are key features.
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