Encrypted back-ups and lost keys lead to dead business.
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> From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Bernie Cosell
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:59 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: The "simple" truth about security
>
> On 19 May 2005 at 19:44, Stephen Bird wrote:
>
> > So, it seems to me, a simple solution would be to store the data in
> encrypted
> > form so that any loss would be reduced/eliminated.
> >
> > On Thu, 19 May 2005 19:00:02 -0400, Bernie wrote:
> >
> > >I think you're misunderstanding what the problem here is: the data
> wasn't
> > >corrupted and so no-longer available... but that the media it was one
> > >have vanished -- presumably the tapes/disks/cartridges/whatever are
> still
> > >readable and still easily accessible... only who knows whose hands
> > >they're in...
> >
> > On 19 May 2005 at 23:24, Kylde wrote:
> >
> > >> in my (limited) experience with big cos. thay know enough not to make
> > >> this the ONLY physical copy of the data, and accidents happen
> >
> > RichK wrote:
> >
> > >> > And yet, we can't seem to go a week without some company reporting
> > >> > another -- usually boneheaded -- data loss.
>
> That's right, only precious few folk do that... /b\
>
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