Re: [privacy] U.S. OMB Sets Guidelines for Federal Employee Laptop Security

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 6/27/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Via The Washington Post.
>
> [snip]
>
> The Bush administration is giving federal civilian agencies 45 days to
> implement new measures to protect the security of personal information
> that agencies hold on millions of employees and citizens.
>
> The new security guidelines, issued Friday by the White House Office of
> Management and Budget, cap a month marked by data thefts or disclosures
> at five different agencies that compromised Social Security numbers and
> other private data on millions of people.
>
> To comply with the new policy, agencies will have to encrypt all data
> on laptop or handheld computers unless the data are classified as
> "non-sensitive" by an agency's deputy director. Agency employees also
> would need two-factor authentication -- a password plus a physical
> device such as a key card -- to reach a work database through a remote
> connection, which must be automatically severed after 30 minutes of
> inactivity.


Also included inthe guidelines were :

1: Encrypt your hard drive with (Tru/Drive)Crypt
2: DONT LEAVE IT IN YOUR CAR YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!

-JP<who hopes that was at least in the first draft>
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