Overview

To protect data on hard drives, IT Services offers a whole disk encryption service to keep data safeguarded from unauthorized access. Mobile computing devices (laptops, external hard drives, etc.) have a higher risk of loss and theft of data, and operating system logon screens cannot be trusted to securely save sensitive data. Whole Disk Encryption renders data on the hard drive unreadable by unauthorized persons.

Those using a university laptop for their work have a responsibility to protect the information on that laptop. If the computer is lost or stolen, exposure of the data on the laptop can have significant ramifications for the university, the employee, or potential identity theft victims. If a laptop with an encrypted hard drive is stolen, the data is considered protected and meets legal and regulatory compliance. The cost of encrypting a computer is very small compared to the cost associated with a stolen computer that contains confidential data on the hard drive.

Requirements

IT Services manages the licenses and provides support for McAfee Endpoint Encryption to anyone on campus using university-owned equipment. McAfee Endpoint Encryption is currently available for Windows operating systems only. McAfee has announced future support for other operating systems; however, until this support is available, Macintosh and Linux users should install TrueCrypt to protect their computers.

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