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Re: New Laptop Polices
From: Bob Radvanovsky <rsradvan () unixworks net>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:50:58 -0500
I was always under the impression that BIOS security features could always be circumvented. See further comments below... -r ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Oquendo [mailto:sil () infiltrated net] To: Bob Radvanovsky [mailto:rsradvan () unixworks net] Cc: "Cullen, Michael" [mailto:michael.cullen () umusic com], full-disclosure () lists grok org uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] New Laptop Polices
Bob Radvanovsky wrote:You mean the fact that you are *erquired* now to *check* your laptop alongwith your baggage? Take into account that most laptops aren't easy to remove the hard disk drives, and that most laptops of corporate and/or government executives contain either sensitive or classified information, I don't seriously think that the UK government, nor its corporations, have taken into consideration all of the consequences involved. Take for example the ongoing issues of laptops mysteriously disappearing (esp. the Veteran's Administration...I lost count, how many has it been, 5 times?) that contains spreadsheets and/or databases that contains *private* information.You're confusing two things here. What one corporation and their policies concerning securing information have to do with his initial question is obsolete. I'm under the impression of his message he didn't mean the safety of his data. But in case he did then he needs a lot of reading to do going back in time to days of the rainbow series books.
You may be right, but I was confused as to what his objectives were here, of which, one of the more important aspects should be "data security", so this raises a *whole* can 'o worms.
The UK needs to consider the implications about *how* they will cover theloss of financial, sensitive or classified information...I don't believe (again) this was his initial question, whether or not the officials in the airline industry give a rats rear of whether or not corporate/private data is secure.
True, a moot point.
Just my 2 cents worth, which by today's standards doesn't even get you apiece of gum any more...sad, isn't it?-r P.S. I think that corporations now need to state that corporateexecutives should NOT have corporate data on their hard disk drives; further locking down corporate assets. I think that they should make it easier for the removal of hard disk drives to be removed so they aren't stolen.And you hope to accomplish this how? I can agree that data needs to be minimized but there are plenty of options available to completely lock down any laptop from the BIOS on up so I fail to see what you were truly hoping to state.
Actually, wasn't there a mention about a self-destructing DVD just recently? This would be worthwhile to investigate into, or the other idea about imaging the laptop in case it's stolen or damaged during transport.
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- New Laptop Polices Cullen, Michael (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Simon Richter (Aug 11)
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- Re: New Laptop Polices Bob Radvanovsky (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices J. Oquendo (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Michael Holstein (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Peter Dawson (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Michael Holstein (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Jeremy Bishop (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Peter Dawson (Aug 11)