Re: Laptop

[Sherry Callahan <scallahan () KUMC EDU>]

I agree that it's nice to catch the "bad guys" and get your equipment
back, which CompuTrace is great at.  However, it doesn't protect your
data.  If the laptop is stolen, it may never show up on the Internet.
In the cases that we've seen, it's taken them 4 to 6 weeks to "check in"
to Absolute's monitoring center.  You have to ask where it's been and
who has been doing what to it in the meantime.  So relying on a "kill"
command from Absolute only works if the laptop checks in - the best
solution for protecting your data from access by an unauthorized person
is encryption of some kind.

Sherry Callahan
Director, Information Security
The University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 3024
Kansas City,  Kansas 66160
913-588-0966

> > > Harold Winshel <winshel () CAMDEN RUTGERS EDU> 6/11/2008 10:08 PM >>>
It's great that you get the machines physically back, though we're
focusing primarily on preventing unauthorized access of the data -
and the requisite reporting requirement - regardless of whether you
get the machines back or not.

At 01:57 PM 6/11/2008, Reardon, Jack wrote:
> Worcester State College (Worcester Mass)  buys all of our laptops
with
> Computrace.  We have a 100% recovery record of all lost/stolen
laptops.
> It has been great.
>
> Jack Reardon
> Associate Director, Networking and Infrastructure
> Worcester State College
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Chuck McCants
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:57 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Laptop
>
> Hello All,
> I'd appreciate hearing what laptop encryption products are in use out
> there and preferences in whole disk encryption vs. file/folder
> encryption.
>
> Also, any experience with Absolute Software and their lo-jack product
> Computrace would be helpful.
>
> Thanks.
> --
>
> Chuck McCants
> Lead Security Specialist
> C&IT Security and Access Mgmt
> Wayne State University
> 313.577.3455

Harold Winshel
Computing and Instructional Technologies
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Rutgers University, Camden Campus
311 N. 5th Street, Room B10 Armitage Hall
Camden NJ 08102
(856) 225-6669 (O)