There are few cases that a corp lost their laptop with customer
private information - in which case all the countermeasure of security
within a corp are not applicable such as your firewall, IDS, auti-
virus, anti-middleware etc.
Then it sounds fair enough to intruduce harddisk encryption. However
there 2 layer protection already there - BIOS level and OS - Windows
user level authentication. now my questions are how week are they? how
the stealer of the laptop exploit the data?
Re: Laptop Security - harddisk encryption necessary? ... There are few cases that a corp lost their laptop with customer ...user level authentication.... Take the disk out of the stolen computer and connect it as an auxiliary ... (comp.security.misc)
Re: How can I identify a system uniquely using MFC code ... If my laptop is stolen, there is no security issue, because I make it a point to never ... (and if you believe that the Next Generation Secure Computing Base will actually make ... The TCB (Trusted Computing Base) does solve some important problems in computer security,... (microsoft.public.vc.mfc)
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RE: The VA Stolen Laptop - Lessons Learned ... workplace and, anytime sensitive data like that is put on a laptop, encrypt ... I think you have to plan out system security before you implement ... EARN A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE - ONLINE ... The NSA has designated Norwich University a center of Academic Excellence ... (Security-Basics)
