Re: Laptops

From: Ian Kelly (E2chameleon@btopenworld.com)
Date: 08/23/02 

From: "Ian Kelly" <E2chameleon@btopenworld.com>
To: "Johnson, Richard (NY Int)" <rjohnson@manfinancial.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:57:46 +0100

Have a look at Safeboot from Control Break International. It can do full
disk or virtual drive encryption using a choice of different encryption
alogorithms and can work with token authentication (such as Alladin eToken
Pro) and seems to have good central management. Their web site
(http://www.controlbreak.net) says they have US government FIPS
certification.

An alternative is to self destruct the data if the equipment is stolen. In
the UK, the WebDetect Computer Tracking System can be used to track lost of
stolen computers. I don't know if it is available in the US though. It can
use both Internet and telephone connections to find your equipment. Each
installation has a unique code so that your equipment can be positively
identified. The software installed on your PC or Laptop checks your system
for component serial numbers and sends the information to the WebDetect
servers via the Internet. Every time your machine is online it checks with
WebDetect servers to see if it has been reported stolen. If you report your
equipment stolen (to the police and WebDetect) the record on the online
database is updated to reflect new status. The next time the machine goes
online it connects to the WebDetect server and a tracing routine begins. It
first records the time of connection and the Internet location then checks
the telephone dialling details. These two methods back each other up to aid
recovery. The details are then sent to the police and the WebDetect Call
Center monitors the situation. WebDetect Pro includes technology from Reflex
Data Shredder to trigger a secure (in excess of US Department of Defense
standards) "self-destruct" of stolen data. Further details can be found at
http://www.webdetect.co.uk although at the time of writing the web site was
unavailable.

Ian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Richard (NY Int)" <rjohnson@manfinancial.com>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: Laptops

> Anyone have some suggestions re: good encryption software for laptops.
> Essentially, anything that can prevent the "finder/thief" from accessing
any
> info w/o having the key.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rich
>

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