>Subject: Re: Portable GNUPG? >GNU MD escribi?: >> My problem: >> I am a physician, so I tend to work on these locked-down >> computers in various hospitals. Electronic medical records >> are OK, but really there is no replacement for a patient list,
any public computers are a major security risk to leaking confidential patient data, even if run from a usb disk with truecrypt/gnupg/pgp/ ... any 'secure' program the safest way is to have all your confidential data on a laptop, and NEVER connect it to the internet you can use your usb to transfer files from the laptop to the public computer, and do all the encryption/decryption/signing etc. on the laptop you can use truecrypt whole disk encryptio to encrypt the drive and operating system of the laptop, so that if it is lost or stolen, the data will remain private disclaimer: [consult the legal dept. of your hospital about the following:] i have a friend who is a systems analyst for a hospital IT dept. and he says that encrypting a harddrive with truecrypt or pgp- wholedisk is 'enough' for the HIPAA and JCAHO privacy compliance standards, even if the laptop is lost or stolen again, check with the legal dept of your hospital would be happy to follow up in private encrypted e-mail my keys are here: http://www.angelfire.com/pr/pgpf/mykeys.html vedaal any ads or links below this message are added by hushmail without my endorsement or awareness of the nature of the link -- Hotel pics, info and virtual tours. Click here to book a hotel online. http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4eRCkgBL2BM8xebjySPg4rTEY3TJIlBbWioWzUiFIJtbrvsT/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
