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The Security Corner
For Windows and MAC based laptops information on data
encryption
If you want (or need) to further secure your Windows
or MAC based laptop, you should enable the hard disk
encryption feature. This will help protect the data that
you store on your hard drive in case your device is lost
or stolen.
Information about
BitLocker for Windows
based Operating
Systems:
The following is from
us/library/dd548341(v=ws.10).aspx
“A recent consumer security and privacy survey
reveals that 79 percent of consumers cite loss of trust
and confidence, damage to reputation, and reduced
customer satisfaction as consequences of major
security and privacy breaches suffered by the business
that they deal with. When coupled with the over 12,000
laptops that are estimated to be lost or stolen in U.S.
airports each and every week, it is plain to see why
protecting customer data is a top priority for business
executives today.
However, data leakage is not just a lost laptop issue.
The ubiquity of USB Flash Drives provides another
potent avenue for data to fall into the wrong hands.
Today, more than twice as many USB Flash Drives
enter the marketplace than PC’s. In 2011, a leading
analyst forecasts that the most popular USB flash
drive will hold 32 GB of data, for less around 25 US
Dollars. The scary part for an organization: unlike
losing a laptop, a user never seems to report, or
sometimes even notice, the loss of a USB flash drive!
The importance of protecting sensitive information on
removable storage devices is driven home with the
July 2008 revelation that the United Kingdom Ministry of
Defence admitted to parliament that it has lost, or had
stolen, eighty seven USB sticks in recent years which
stored data that was marked as classified.
Windows Vista introduced granular USB port controls
that can block the utilization of USB removable storage
devices while still allowing other USB devices such as
keyboards, mice, and printers. Unfortunately, the ability
to block removable storage devices does not provide
the flexibility and control necessary to adequately
protect most organizations. There are valid business
requirements that necessitate the need to store data
on removable USB devices: from sharing large files
with a trusted partner to taking work home. Windows
7 addresses the continued threat of data leakage with
manageability and deployment updates to BitLocker Drive
Encryption and the introduction of BitLocker To Go: an
exciting new feature that helps protect data stored on
portable media (e.g., USB Flash Drives, USB Portable Hard
Drives) such that only authorized users can read the data,
even if the media is lost, stolen, or misused.
Hard Drive
ENCRYPTION
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