Re: Sharing files

[Brandon Payne <brandon.j.payne () SVCC EDU>]

Thank you all, those were helpful suggestions.

Is there a difference between Filelocker (
http://filelocker2.sourceforge.net/) and FileLocker (
http://www.filelocker.com/)?

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Brandon Payne
Technical Support Specialist
Sauk Valley Community College


On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Jones, Mark B <Mark.B.Jones () uth tmc edu>wrote:

> Depending on the content we use Google Docs or encrypted email (via
> InCommon end user certificates).****
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Brandon Payne
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:26 AM
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> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Sharing files****
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> What is everyone else doing for sharing important files between two
> employee users (not a whole department)? When I say important, I mean,
> these files may contain communication about a particular student, business
> data, etc. We have Google Apps so we try and communicate that these types
> of files should not be sent through email. Using usb drives is inefficient
> and insecure as these could be personal usb drives brought from home that
> now has business data. We do utilize network shares but there may be more
> individuals that would be able to view these files if placed there and we
> would like to avoid duplicating files between network shares. ****
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> I've seen a few online services that does this like RapidShare, Hotfile,
> Dropbox for Business, etc. but would it be better to have something hosted
> on campus that we can get more control over with what data stays on campus
> and not some place out there on the Internet?****
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> To add, We've looked at 7zip and Winzip however, the issue with putting a
> password on a file is users not documenting passwords and having to refer
> back to this file after that person leaves.****
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> Thanks!****
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> Brandon Payne****
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> Technical Support Specialist****
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> Sauk Valley Community College****