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laptop encryption and security

let see I will steal a laptop to get information to sell, gee which of the millions of laptops should I steal. how about I go right to one of the servers and get all the information and noone willknow for 6 months. If I steal a laptop I sell it on E-Bay and make money. Oh yeah how about that wireless comment. Lets see I use whole disk encryption that unencrypts when I log in and my wireless turns on. What extra security are we getting here. For $10 per laptop and the 6-8 hours of windows update, checkdisk, removing any hidden rescue partions then finally encrypting just what have we accomplished besides spending money? I am not against the idea of HD encryption but for the majority of Gov orgs, the cost is rather high for political CYA.

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Great comment

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Obviously you didn't read the article, or if you did read it, you didn't comprehend. The problem here is mobile data residing on laptops that are stolen. Once you have physical access, normal security measures are worthless. Thus there's a drive to implement full-disk encryption to protect these mobile treasure-troves.

Laptop Encryption

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Well, it's good that the feds are encrypting their laptops. But, how about an enforceable policy that states that Personal Identifiable Information is NOT permitted to be on laptops!

'security'

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Now that the price of voting has fallen... used to be worth somein BUT everyone is selling multiple votes now...

Profit on access to 'secure' info now dropping as well...

Too many initiatives

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I work for USDA. Encryption is mostly a waste of time and money. There is another initiative, the one my Agency follows, to have all PII info removed from machines. We don't need encryption but we get to buy it. We also get to buy cable locks and lock them to our desk and in our cars. And Homeland Security is planning to spend billions for special keycards that will keep data on Federal laptops secure. Four different initiatives to solve the same problem.

alluda

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