coderman wrote: > people lose their keys much less frequently than they lose laptops and > storage media. placing disk keys on a key chain also ties into the > usability / intuitiveness of a capability like approach for protecting > your OS and storage.
I can't say that I agree with you at all. I work for the Intermural Research division of a small Institute in NIH. I've been here nearly 3 years and we've had _zero_ lost laptops. We had one stolen, it was headed for surplus, no hard drive, and 6 years old sitting in the hall unattended. :) Broad generalizations are the problem with Security these days. My scientists will likely lose their jobs if they lose their laptops. It's all about producing papers. Now, if they lose their keys and can't drive or get into their apartment, than it's more time to spend in the lab working on papers. We have keys, purses, money, wallets & badges showing up in our Lost & Found on a weekly basis. If the laptop is just an accessory, then sure, people will lose them because they don't value them. When the laptop is the scientists well-being, they tend to know where they are. This is why the OMB Mandate for FDE annoys me. It's a large, corporate style office making assumptions about the operations of all it's highly specialized divisions. Sure FDE would be great, but we're dealing with a March 31st deadline to deploy an FDE solution that doesn't fit our operation. Aint bureaucracy great?! -- Brad Lhotsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Security Administrator / NIA Alt. ISSO Phone: 410.558.8006 "Those who would sacrifice liberty to gain security deserve neither and will lose both." - Ben Franklin _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
