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Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption
From: James Farr '05 <jfarr () UTICA EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:31:55 -0400
I have looked at several vendors. I am concerned about laptops, but also so removable media encryption. I see all the desktops out there and all those flash drives, CDs and DVDs. The likelihood of finding out about a lost/stolen $10 flash drive is much less than a $$$ laptop. Right now the two vendors that are at the top of my list are Credant Technologies and PGP. I will be interested others experience and what solutions others are looking at. IITS will never ask you for your password. Never email your password to anyone. James Farr Information Security Officer Utica College jfarr () utica edu 315-223-2386 From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Hanson, Mike Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:59 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Question about Endpoint Encryption Gregory, We use Checkpoint endpoint protection and I can say I do not recommend it. The product was originally from Pointsec and they were a small and responsive company with a decent product. Then Checkpoint bought them and it has been more or less downhill since then. Checkpoint is supposedly doing a complete rewrite of the product now to address problems. We currently have three different versions of Checkpoint running, since each version is incompatible with the older version in terms of management. Not what you would call an ideal situation. Licensing has been a nightmare that has taken far too much time to deal with yearly. There have been technical product issues that have taken far too long to resolve as well. I will be looking for a new vendor this Spring, so I would be interested in the feedback you gather. Mike Hanson Network Security Manager The College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN 55811 On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Gregory N Pendergast <gnpendergast () vcu edu> wrote: I'm looking for feedback on endpoint encryption solutions - both products you've used or are using and your experiences. VCU purchased GuardianEdge some time ago, but we've run into a number of problems that have delayed our deployment and caused me to lose confidence in the product, to the point that I'm considering dropping it and looking for a different solution. The problems we've encountered are generally post-installation failures that lead to the computer failing to boot, inability of user to login and/or failure of drive to encrypt after installation. My question is two-fold. First, if any of you are using an endpoint encryption product (specifically targeting laptops at this point), what are you using and would you recommend it to others? Secondly, if any of you are using, or have used GuardianEdge, have you experienced similar failures and have you had any success resolving them? We keep reaching a point where the vendor wants us to ship them our laptops for diagnosis. If any of you are using GuardianEdge, I'd also like to pick your brain more directly, either by phone or email, on your experience with the product. So, if you're willing, contact me off list to discuss further. Thanks, -- Gregory Pendergast Interim Information Security Officer Virginia Commonwealth University
Current thread:
- Question about Endpoint Encryption Gregory N Pendergast (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Joel Rosenblatt (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Hanson, Mike (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Roger Safian (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption James Farr '05 (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Walter Petruska (Sep 02)
- 3rd party account creations or lost passwords (ex: Hobson Common Application) Plesco, Todd (Sep 08)
- Re: 3rd party account creations or lost passwords (ex: Hobson Common Application) Biddle, Rob (Sep 08)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Basgen, Brian (Sep 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption David Grisham (Sep 02)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Bob DeSilets (Sep 03)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Cal Frye (Sep 03)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Hanson, Mike (Sep 03)
- Re: Question about Endpoint Encryption Cal Frye (Sep 03)