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Laptop Encryption

  • 08-08-2008 8:28am
    #1
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭


    Hi, anyone have any experience of using some third party encryption package in a commercial environment? I'm in the market for something to install on a number of user's laptops in a bid to protect them if they go missing...
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    machalla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭machalla


    This would be a good starting point. Does full disk encryption. I am assuming you are using windows based machines here. The linux version of truecrypt doesn't yet do full disk encryption and I'm not sure what out there will do it. I had to leave the boot partition unencrypted on a few laptops I was encryptiong recently.

    http://www.truecrypt.org/

    Otherwise you might want to find out more about checkpoint who do commercial encryption tools. Truecrypt is well worth checking out though.


  • #3
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Really depends on the number of users you are looking for etc. There are packages out there from McAfee/Safeboot, PGP & Checkpoint/Pointsec who are the commercial leaders. These packages will normally have a management console so an administrator in the organisation can when one of the laptop users "forgets" his password recover the laptop. Normally this is recommended with installs of 20+ users.

    (just to be clear I sell 2 of the products above so I am biased!).


  • #4
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    Thanks folks, Mcafee Endpoint Encryption looks like what I had in mind. Needed for about 30 laptops, all running XP in AD, so might fit in well.


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