Have a look at SafeBoot from Control Break (http://www.safeboot.com). They have products that can do either pre-boot authentication with full disk encryption or just folder encryption (they recently released V Disk that creates virtual encrypted disks). Tokens are optional and when I last looked it had quite a good key recovery mechanism. I don't believe that there is a sales threshold for the product. I've spoken to Control Break and a reseller about the products at various times and I don't remember minimum orders being mentioned being mentioned.
Ian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Hillaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:32 PM Subject: Re: Need a Full Drive Encryption program > An alternative suggestion to the hard drive encryption, would be to look at IBM laptops. On > previous models like the 7xx series of laptops (I haven't looked recently), there was an option > for a hard drive password. Using a little known portion of the ATA (hard drive) specification, > the hard drive required a password on initial powerup (computer booting). This password protected > the drive from theft, since every time power was applied to the hard drive, the BIOS queried for > the hard drive password. The only way to defeat this mechanism is to send the laptop back to IBM. > > I knew several executives who swore by this, and would only carry IBM laptops. > > Sam Hillaire > MCSE, MCDBA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- "Trotter, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The President of my company has tasked me with finding some way to keep the > > data on his and the other executives laptop safe if it is ever stolen. > > I looked over hardware tokens and all kinds of security gizmos, but these > > guys travel so much that if they leave their tokens at the office when they > > go on the road, they cannot access their data. I figured that using a Full > > Disk Encryption program was the easiest solution. Make them choose a super > > hard password, and we will keep track of the passwords in the IT department. > > > > I have looked at a couple different products such as "Encryption Plus Hard > > Disk" from PCGuardian, and another I cant remember the name for. However, > > they require you to purchase minimum quantities before they will even talk > > to you about it. PCGuardian requires a minimum of 50 units to be purchased. > > The other required 100. > > > > Can someone recommend a product that will provide pre-boot authentication to > > the laptop? It will have to render the laptop useless unless the password is > > provided. I don't like the encrypted volume software that will encrypt > > select folders and such. I would like something that without the right > > password, the laptop wont even boot. > > > > Thanks for any help you can give. > > > > Brian T. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
