Re: re : offsite data encryption

2006-11-29 Thread Robert Bell
Thanks for the whose input I received. As per usual, all answers were great. Some feedback. Unanimous - encrypt if possible. Why - because we can and should (and cyb. There is currently no : Because we must! What - tapes to be sent offsite as well as tapes that remain onsite. A missing tape

re : offsite data encryption

2006-11-27 Thread Robert Bell
Hi list! To encrypt or not to encrypt, that is the quandary! We are a Health Care provider in Washington State. One of our vendors has 'given' us some 'free' (ha-hano such thing as a etc etc) data encryption software. Questions have been asked by management as to 'do we need to use it'. Make

re : offsite data encryption

2006-11-27 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
To encrypt or not to encrypt, that is the quandary! Encrypt. Too many stories here - http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm As for the some or all question, I choose all. A 'firewall', of sorts, so that I know all data on removable media is encrypted and protected. This

Re: re : offsite data encryption

2006-11-27 Thread Thomas Kern
This past summer, we had to determine how 'Personally Identidifiable Information' could be protected. Not just on the laptops that managers play with but all PII that is move offsite. We made our recommendations. We have since been told that we do not have to worry about encrypting our backups