[BBLISA] Looking for FDE single system windows 8

[John Orthoefer]

I’ve been getting OPAL Self encrypting drives.   Since we support so many OSes finding a solution that works for everything has been hard.   But OPAL on any standard PC hardware should just work.

johno



> On Jan 23, 2015, at 3:18 PM, John P. Rouillard <rouilj at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Everybody:
> 
> I am looking for a full disk encryption solution for a standalone
> windows 8 netbook system (not sure if it's starter, home, pro
> etc. edition though). There is no other windows boxes in the mix,
> certainly no windows servers/AD etc.
> 
> Usually I would go to truecrypt (which runs on my netbook quite
> nicely). The person I am doing this for has HIPPA protected data that
> he wants to secure.  Also he may be moving soon away from here so I
> won't be able to support him. He uses computers but doesn't really
> tinker with them (i.e. a computer is a tool to do real work). Also I
> think having a commercial solution would make it easier to support the
> claim of due diligence if it comes to that.
> 
> I was looking at Symantec Endpoint Protection ($116 for 3 year support
> http://buy.symantec.com/estore/clp/productdetails/pk/endpoint-encryption).
> 
> However reading the manual linked off the page makes it looks like it
> needs a server etc. to make client packages and manage the
> install. Calling symantec was worthless as the lady on the other end
> of the phone said I had to buy it before she could talk to me. So
> totallly useless.
> 
> Why would I buy it if it wasn't going to match the use case?
> 
> For the right version of windows, bitlocker may be an option but I
> don't have any experience with it, but upgrading to pro windows
> (assuming it will run on the netbook) may be a cheaper option than an
> FDE purchase if it can encrypt the drive in place.
> 
> So what other sources of standalone FDE are out there for windows? I
> was looking into symantec because it was what Bruce Schneier
> (supposedly) went back to after truecrypt's demise, but I am less
> thrilled with it after dealing with the "support folks", but hey at
> least she spoke english without a very heavy accent.
> 
> Quips, comments, suggestions, evasions and answers welcome.
> 
> --
> 				-- rouilj
> John Rouillard
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