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Re: Stolen Laptops
From: "Maloney, Michael" <mmaloney () MIDDLESEXCC EDU>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:06:47 -0400
Pointsec for Windows XP, Bitlocker for Windows Vista/ 7 admin laptops. ******************************************** Mike Maloney Sr. System Engineer Middlesex County College 2600 Woodbridge Avenue Edison, NJ 08818 Phone: 732-906-7754 Cell: 908-217-2086 Fax: 732-906-4266 Email: mmaloney () middlesexcc edu ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of SCHALIP, MICHAEL Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:16 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Stolen Laptops Are your institutions "encouraging encryption" on laptops, or "requiring encryption" on laptops? We're moving to Symantec Endpoint Encryption (it was GuardianEdge, but they got bought by Symantec - which is actually good for us, since we use Symantec Altiris, SEP, etc.) and will be doing full disk encryption on any/all non-instructional (student use) laptops..... M -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Ben Woelk Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:12 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Stolen Laptops The issue for us has been not so much preventing theft of laptops or recovering them when stolen. It is reducing the occurrences of private information on those laptops or ensuring that they are encrypted. Replacement of the laptop itself is fairly trivial compared to notifying X number of people that their private information was on the laptops. We do promote awareness and physical security--locking doors, not leaving laptops unattended, use of cable locks, etc. We've also changed business processes so that laptops being retired from service are secured. Ben Woelk '07 Policy and Awareness Analyst Information Security Office Rochester Institute of Technology ROS 10-A204 151 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 585.475.4122 585.475.7920 fax ben.woelk () rit edu http://security.rit.edu/dsd.html Become a fan of RIT Information Security at http://rit.facebook.com/RITInfosec Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/RIT_InfoSec From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Kimberly Heimbrock Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:25 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Stolen Laptops Unfortunately, laptops thefts have been significantly increasing, (usually in locked offices - after hours) and was wondering what success anyone has had using Lojack, Prey, or other tools. Any (affordable) ideas for increased physical security and software tools that have been proven to reduce thefts and trace the equipment would be appreciated. We will be communicating increased fac/staff awareness as it relates to the physical security of mobile devices, so ideas to be included with that message would be great too. Thanks in advance! Kim Heimbrock Director, IT Policy and Compliance Northern Kentucky University (859) 572-5139 heimbrockk () nku edu<mailto:heimbrockk () nku edu> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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- Re: Stolen Laptops, (continued)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops David Gillett (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Sherry Callahan (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Tonkin, Derek K. (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Ben Woelk (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Ben Woelk (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Russell Fulton (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Beechey, Jim (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Ben Woelk (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Maloney, Michael (Jul 28)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Chris Green (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Ben Woelk (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Kimberly Heimbrock (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Walter Petruska (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Sherry Callahan (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Sherry Callahan (Jul 29)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Chris Green (Jul 31)
- Re: Stolen Laptops Ray McClure (Jul 31)