Hi, everyone... I'm the sysadmin for a small(-ish) science centre in Canada.
I'm looking to encrypt media (removable hard drives) that will be used for offsite backup. Naturally, I want to both compress and encrypt the data on the removable drives. Given that NTFS can encrypt or compress but not both at the same time, I'm looking for third party encryption solutions. This is a backup system. It's vital. It must be simple, easy to completely understand, with no subtle "gotchas" or caveats to it's behaviour (unlike NTbackup, xcopy). Factors are: 1) low cost 2) (relatively) secure encryption suggestions/insight for what constitutes an adequate level of encryption would be most welcome. Are there any legislative requirements or known best practices for this? 3) simple decryption/recovery I'm aiming at simply encrypting the off-site media against loss in transit. I'm not encrypting data in situ. NTFS style user-based certificate security seems over-complex and heavy handed. Only the IT staff will ever need to work with the backed-up data. Also, I want a simple password/certificate I can store in a physical safe and be totally confident I (or an authorized person) can recover the data. I do not wish to obtain a higher degree in NTFS encryption key infrastructure just to be sure I won't get a nasty surprise when I need to restore. Concerns are missing, destroyed or expired certificates. 4) encryption must be "on the fly". 5) we're encrypting static data, not software or OS files. I'm strictly protecting off-site media in transit, therefore some of the big advantages of NTFS encryption, such as preventing unauthorized access to data by unscrupulous staff within the organisation, are not the issue here. I am therefore looking at volume encryption tools. An example would be BestCrypt. [ http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/bcve.htm ] This MUST be a common issue, and I'd love to hear from anybody with some experience resolving it. Thanks! David M =========================================== David Marsh System Administrator H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Vancouver Museum 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 E sysadmin at hrmacmillanspacecentre.com sysadmin at vanmuseum.bc.ca T (604) 736 4431 ext. 5507 C (604) 813 9667 =========================================== -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Farrell, David Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:54 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] SM SIG: Small Museum SIG meeting in Pasadena Hi all, In my absence the Small Museum SIG meeting at the upcoming MCN conference in Pasadena will be chaired Richard Cloutier of the Passage Project. Richard will hold the meeting at a local restaurant which will be announced at the conference. I would encourage all those who either work in small museums, archives or libraries, or who are interested in the challenges faced by staff these institutions when adopting various technologies to either attend the SIG Meeting or talk to Richard during the conference. I would very much like to increase the visibility of small museums at the 2007 conference and to make the SIG more relevant for members who work in small institutions. Please participate by forwarding relevant news items or links to this listserv. If you have any other ideas please post them, talk to Richard at the Conference or e-mail me. Thanks, David Farrell, Chair, Small Museum SIG Peel Heritage Complex 9 Wellington St. East, Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1 (905)791-4055 x3628 http://www.peelregion.ca/heritage _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
