tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post2562864986741161752..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Laptop EncryptionJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-52967168654921766572009-09-10T11:09:10.235-07:002009-09-10T11:09:10.235-07:00We are also consumers of McAfee EE (SafeBoot). We...We are also consumers of McAfee EE (SafeBoot). We are finding it to be a slight learning curve in terms of our support personnel. However, we are finding it to be a great product with great reliability. We had originally gone with PointSec, which turned out to be such a miserable product that we not only abandoned the deployment after 2,000 systems we ended backing it out and re-deploying McAfee Endpoint Encryption. The reason Most other products are not viable is because they do not have an "enterprise" management interface. We found vendors often advertise an "Enterprise Solution" when what they really have is a solution for 20 to 100 computers in a single subnet in a single location.<br /><br />Also McAfee's Solution is a suite of software that includes Endpoint Encryption, File & Folder Encryption, USB Device Control and Client Data Loss Prevention all managed by a real management console.Prescott E. Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496792520991337283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-61323709734045020862009-06-16T03:41:26.280-07:002009-06-16T03:41:26.280-07:00I'd be interested in knowing how you came to s...I'd be interested in knowing how you came to select Safeboot over some of the other competing FDE products from companies like PGP, Credant, GuardianEdge (also used in Symantec products through OEM agreement), WinMagic, CheckPoint (former PointSec), Utimaco (now part of of Sophos), etc.<br /><br />Recep Deniz MD<br /><a href="http://www.doktortr.net/" title="DoktorTR.Net - Tıp Sitesi" rel="nofollow">DoktorTR.Net</a>Football Matcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341831327324203736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-1379871665492589332008-10-28T21:27:00.000-07:002008-10-28T21:27:00.000-07:00What about Lojack For Laptops?http://www.absolute....What about Lojack For Laptops?<BR/><BR/>http://www.absolute.com/Yveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785381456509147436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-49134409055244309862008-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:00Truecrypt is indeed a good program. I have used i...Truecrypt is indeed a good program. I have used it on a number of occasions. The main reason that TrueCrypt was not in consideration is the lack of an enterprise management solution. Operational considerations were second only to the quality and scope of the encryption. High on the requirements list, after the encryption, was the ability to provide support for a centralized secure and trusted method of decrypting the disk should the user forget their key. This was not available with the TrueCrypt solution at the time of the evaluation.<BR/> <BR/>As for the consideration of the other products mentioned. We were focused on obtaining a product that provided safe Harbor status, and ease of operations. The ease of operations component has two sides - ease to the user and ease for the help desk. SafeBoot had a major leg up on all of the others since we are a McAfee shop. The near term plan to roll the management of SafeBoot into the Epo Orchestrator management console made the operational model difficult for others to match. That integration, once complete, provides the help desk with one common interface to support all of our layered endstation security components.<BR/> <BR/>As a result we did an accelerated evaluation of Safeboot. It succeeded in meeting all of the stated goals for the solution we wanted.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the "Internal Use Only" tag in the evaluation document, I elected to share the document as is, with approval from my staffJohn Halamkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-13491905536930639162008-10-20T11:56:00.000-07:002008-10-20T11:56:00.000-07:00"For Internal Distribution Only".... thanks for sh..."For Internal Distribution Only".... thanks for sharing, but do you want to remove this tag from the doc first?<BR/><BR/>It looks like BIDMC may need a DLP solution as well *smile*... give me a call when you are ready.sjfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575962892274597537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-28621656473234114462008-10-20T06:54:00.000-07:002008-10-20T06:54:00.000-07:00Truecrypt is a good program but it isn't FIPS 140-...Truecrypt is a good program but it isn't FIPS 140-2 certified which may be a problem on government contracts when there may be FISMA compliance requirement. <BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in knowing how you came to select Safeboot over some of the other competing FDE products from companies like PGP, Credant, GuardianEdge (also used in Symantec products through OEM agreement), WinMagic, CheckPoint (former PointSec), Utimaco (now part of of Sophos), etc. All these companies with the exception of PGP are on the GSA's SmartBuy DAR FIPS 140-2 approved software list although I think PGP is FIPS 140-2 certified. I think NIH uses PointSec.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17037612385781456745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-60472427292747443732008-10-20T06:15:00.000-07:002008-10-20T06:15:00.000-07:00What about using TruCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org...What about using TruCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org an excellent open source solution for both Macs and Windows computers. It is also a free open source product that's been around for years.jkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685262893714232512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-43763005648490120912008-10-20T05:12:00.000-07:002008-10-20T05:12:00.000-07:00Has BI ever thought about open source solutions to...Has BI ever thought about open source solutions to some software that we run? Things such as Linux or even Open Office could be a Welcome Addition to the enterprise?Stu Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757982408694041281noreply@blogger.com