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Securing data in Notebook Simba 04-16-2006
Posted by Simba on April 16, 2006, 4:04 am
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I am working in Goverment office. We need to secure data in our notebooks,
if the notebooks stolen, we want nobody can read the information in the HDD.

From several website, i found that there are two solutions for this:
1. Harddisk Password
2. Encryption

FYI, all notebooks are running on Windows XP Pro SP2, standalone (not member
of any domain).

I need the good solution for securing data for our notebooks and offcourse
which is also easy to maintain by system support.

Rian Wisandanu
MCSE



Posted by Mark Randall on April 16, 2006, 10:27 am
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Use strong passwords (including default administrator!) and enable EFS on
the folders requiring security.

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http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk

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"It's our job to know..."

>I am working in Goverment office. We need to secure data in our notebooks,
>if the notebooks stolen, we want nobody can read the information in the
>HDD.
>
> From several website, i found that there are two solutions for this:
> 1. Harddisk Password
> 2. Encryption
>
> FYI, all notebooks are running on Windows XP Pro SP2, standalone (not
> member of any domain).
>
> I need the good solution for securing data for our notebooks and offcourse
> which is also easy to maintain by system support.
>
> Rian Wisandanu
> MCSE
>



Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on April 16, 2006, 12:52 pm
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It really all depends on the value / importance of not ever having
the information get into the wrong hands.

You specify two things that are important to you:
- secure data in our notebooks, if the notebooks stolen
- easy to maintain by system support
From the last I infer convenient ease of use for laptop users
would also be important.

Hence, by the old triangle maxim that says you cannot have all
three of 1) good security, 2) usefully convenient, 3) inexpensive
you would apparently be looking at dropping some money.

If you secured the data only with EFS (hence cheap and convenient)
then I would be able to get the info if I had the laptop, time, skill to do
so, and sufficient determination. This would be so even if for example
the laptop required smartcard login.

You probably should look at getting new, current generation laptops
that support TPM full disk encryption, configured to require an external
key source to access the hard drive content and/or boot. Use of EFS
within that for the data would add value.


>I am working in Goverment office. We need to secure data in our notebooks,
>if the notebooks stolen, we want nobody can read the information in the
>HDD.
>
> From several website, i found that there are two solutions for this:
> 1. Harddisk Password
> 2. Encryption
>
> FYI, all notebooks are running on Windows XP Pro SP2, standalone (not
> member of any domain).
>
> I need the good solution for securing data for our notebooks and offcourse
> which is also easy to maintain by system support.
>
> Rian Wisandanu
> MCSE
>



Posted by Simba on April 17, 2006, 7:25 am
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Thanks Mark, Roger & Steven

For account policies we've already done something in changing administrator
account and create fake administrator account. We also create user account
for user, so they are not using administrator account.

Money is not our concern. My objective is how to safe data in HDD so if
notebook is stolen, nobody can read the data inside it. Since these users is
handling with government files. We also don't want that user loss their data
because they forget their own password.

Regards

Rian

>I am working in Goverment office. We need to secure data in our notebooks,
>if the notebooks stolen, we want nobody can read the information in the
>HDD.
>
> From several website, i found that there are two solutions for this:
> 1. Harddisk Password
> 2. Encryption
>
> FYI, all notebooks are running on Windows XP Pro SP2, standalone (not
> member of any domain).
>
> I need the good solution for securing data for our notebooks and offcourse
> which is also easy to maintain by system support.
>
> Rian Wisandanu
> MCSE
>



Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on April 18, 2006, 1:36 am
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> Thanks Mark, Roger & Steven
>
> For account policies we've already done something in changing
> administrator account and create fake administrator account. We also
> create user account for user, so they are not using administrator account.
>
> Money is not our concern. My objective is how to safe data in HDD so if
> notebook is stolen, nobody can read the data inside it. Since these users
> is

Then get laptops that support full disk encryption with the emerging
industry standard. For Windows next release that means TPM at
v1.2 at minimum, but some vendors provide more options.

> handling with government files. We also don't want that user loss their
> data because they forget their own password.
>
> Regards
>
> Rian
>
>>I am working in Goverment office. We need to secure data in our notebooks,
>>if the notebooks stolen, we want nobody can read the information in the
>>HDD.
>>
>> From several website, i found that there are two solutions for this:
>> 1. Harddisk Password
>> 2. Encryption
>>
>> FYI, all notebooks are running on Windows XP Pro SP2, standalone (not
>> member of any domain).
>>
>> I need the good solution for securing data for our notebooks and
>> offcourse which is also easy to maintain by system support.
>>
>> Rian Wisandanu
>> MCSE
>>
>
>



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