Re: Oops: U.S. Department of Energy Lost Computer Equipm ent

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:40:50 EST, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
>    I'm sorry, but laptops should not even be allowed in a government
> location that contains confidential material.... Shouldn't be allowed within
> 1000 feet of the building either....

*REAL* security is about tradeoffs.

It's *easy* to design a fascist security system that is very secure, but
doesn't allow getting much work done.  On the other hand, some of us recognize
that for some applications, laptops allow productivity increases.

And in some cases, a laptop is actually *more* secure.  Where is the data safer,
on the laptop that I have physical control over, or back in my office(*) where
you have cleaning crews and all that?

(*) If the data is on a server, but the workstation in my office can access
the server, then as far as the cleaning crew with a Zip disk goes, the data *is*
in my office.....

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