Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
- From: James Alcasid <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:04:27 -0400
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
Another managed solution is Check Point Full Disk Encryption.
On 10/8/10 2:53 PM, "Marcus, Allan B" <email@hidden> wrote:
> we use WinMagic. PGP doesn't support self encrypting drives, which is much
> faster then SW based encryption. Also, PGP uses a reusable recovery password
> whcih we found unacceptable.
>
> Filevault is free, but it's the slowest one out there.Also, FV only encrypts
> the home directory, not shared, not /tmp, and not /var. it's a good solution
> for a hobbyist, but there's no enterprise management of keys.
>
> The only two enterprise solutions I'm aware of are PGP and WinMagic.
>
>
> ---
> Thanks,
>
> Allan Marcus
> 505-667-5666
>
> "Fast, cheap, good. Pick two"
> -- Project Management mantra
>
> On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Bryan William Jones wrote:
>
>> Quick question for the list:
>>
>> What encryption methods does everyone recommend for OS X. It seems that
>> adding a firmware pass followed by using FileVault should work. Does Time
>> Machine work with FileVault now?
>>
>> Last time I used my organizations firmware software, it caused an absolutely
>> unacceptable decrease in performance (unusable). This laptop did not have
>> any PHI data on it or classified information so I managed to get an exemption
>> back then, but they are attempting to force everyone to use encryption now.
>> Is anyone using PGP? How does it perform?
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan William Jones, Ph.D.
>> email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>
>> http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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