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Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media
From: Bret Ingerman <ingerman () VASSAR EDU>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:36:55 -0400
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bret Ingerman Vice President for Computing and Information Services Vassar College 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 ingerman () vassar edu (845) 437-7605 - phone (845) 437-7050 - fax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are currently PGP clients and encrypt many of our laptops and a few desktops. However, we have been burned on a few occasions by PGP not keeping up with OS patches which is a big problem with a pre-empt solution. On three occasions that has left us with computers that would not boot after the user allowed their system to be updated (and it has happened with both Windows and Mac computers) and has necessitated a visit by one of our consultants. And, it took PGP a few months before they had a Lion compatible version. So we are in the process of moving to Dell Data Protection (which is a re-branded version of Credant). We like that they are not pre-boot, that they support multiple desktop and mobile devices, and that they are working on cloud encryption (for example, for Dropbox). --Bret
From: "Self, Dennis" <dlself () SAMFORD EDU> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Date: 10/03/2011 01:07 PM Subject: [SECURITY] Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Colleagues, Samford University is looking at encryption solutions for personal computers and portable memory devices (memory sticks, CD/DVD, etc.) As a long-term solution for computers, we are considering buying encrypting hard drives on new machines. We lease computers, so should be able to see the computers all protected after 3-4 years. For shorter term and portable media we are looking to find the best software solution(s) we can find, for Windows and OS X, and for portable media. We are looking at Truecrypt as an alternative. Would you tell me the top three vendors you would recommend, and offer any opinion you would like to,please? Kind regards, Dennis Self Director, IT Security & Compliance Technology Services Samford University (205) 726-2692
Current thread:
- Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Self, Dennis (Oct 03)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Joel Rosenblatt (Oct 03)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Oct 03)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Dan Han/HSC/VCU (Oct 03)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Bret Ingerman (Oct 04)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media David Grisham (Oct 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Mike Osterman (Oct 04)
- Re: Encrypting Computers and Portable Media Joel Rosenblatt (Oct 03)