Re: "Stand Alone" Hard Disk Encryption for Home/Personal PCs and Laptops

["Dr. Wole Akpose" <wole.akpose () MORGAN EDU>]

Mac comes with whole disk encryption. It's easy to use - Available through
"System Preference -> Security"

Window's BITLOCKER is a bit cumbersome, but PGP Whole Disk works well with
Windows PCs.

But I will always advice that such efforts be done with some organization
oversight and support. So an enterprise deployment of bit-locker or PGP
enterprise will ensure that you can easily recovery lost keys, in the event
users forget that paraphrase/password for the whole disk encryption tool.
Something to think about.


Wole Akpose. CISSP, CGEIT, D.Eng
Planning & Information Technology
Morgan State University
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251.
p. 443.885.1850 / 443.885.3732
f. 443.885.8304 /443.885.8211



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Kidd
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:22 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] "Stand Alone" Hard Disk Encryption for Home/Personal PCs
and Laptops

Does anyone have a list of hard disk encryption software suitable for
end-users' personal Windows or Mac based PCs and laptops (i.e. relatively
easy to use given no support will be provided by the organization)?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Chris Kidd
Information Security and Privacy Office
University of Utah
650 Komas Drive, Suite 102
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Office: 801.587.9241
Cell: 801.747.9028
chris.kidd () utah edu 

http://www.secureit.utah.edu