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U.S. Gov't to use Full Disk Encryption on All Computers Saqib Ali 12-29-2006
Posted by Saqib Ali on December 29, 2006, 5:35 pm
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To address the issue of data leaks from stolen or missing laptops, US
Government is planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all of the
Government owned computers. On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate was
put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the
HDD. The US Government is currently conducting the largest single
side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full
Disk Encryption product. This implementation will end up being the
largest single implementation ever, and all of the information
regarding the competition is in the public domain. The selected product
will be deployed on Millions of computers in the US federal government
space. The evaluation will come to a end in 90 days.

...... Read complete article at:
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/fde_govt.html


Posted by on December 30, 2006, 6:08 pm
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Holy SH_ IT'S ABOUT TIME

> To address the issue of data leaks from stolen or missing laptops, US
> Government is planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all of the
> Government owned computers. On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate was
> put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the
> HDD. The US Government is currently conducting the largest single
> side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full
> Disk Encryption product. This implementation will end up being the
> largest single implementation ever, and all of the information
> regarding the competition is in the public domain. The selected product
> will be deployed on Millions of computers in the US federal government
> space. The evaluation will come to a end in 90 days.
>
> ...... Read complete article at:
> http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/fde_govt.html
>



Posted by Vanguard on December 30, 2006, 9:44 pm
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> To address the issue of data leaks from stolen or missing laptops, US
> Government is planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all of the
> Government owned computers. On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate
> was
> put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the
> HDD. The US Government is currently conducting the largest single
> side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full
> Disk Encryption product. This implementation will end up being the
> largest single implementation ever, and all of the information
> regarding the competition is in the public domain. The selected
> product
> will be deployed on Millions of computers in the US federal government
> space. The evaluation will come to a end in 90 days.
>
> ...... Read complete article at:
> http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/fde_govt.html
>


Still won't help with all those boobs that walk away from their laptop
to leave it unattended while still logged on and without the screen
saver enabled or session otherwise locked out.


Posted by Juergen Nieveler on December 31, 2006, 8:16 am
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> Still won't help with all those boobs that walk away from their laptop
> to leave it unattended while still logged on and without the screen
> saver enabled or session otherwise locked out.

Or with the username and password on a post-it attached to the laptop...

Juergen Nieveler
--
"It's going to require numerous IRA agents."
George W. Bush on Gore's tax plan, Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000

Posted by on December 31, 2006, 1:50 pm
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All very good points, no software will stop the total incompetence of the
users except replacing them with robots :-/
Dave


>
>> Still won't help with all those boobs that walk away from their laptop
>> to leave it unattended while still logged on and without the screen
>> saver enabled or session otherwise locked out.
>
> Or with the username and password on a post-it attached to the laptop...
>
> Juergen Nieveler
> --
> "It's going to require numerous IRA agents."
> George W. Bush on Gore's tax plan, Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000



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