<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Greetings,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce that Macs purchased and imaged by IS&T’s Hardware & Software Deployment Team will have <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837" class="">FileVault</a> (FileVault 2) automatically enabled with the recovery key escrowed in <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/casper" class="">Casper</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">About FileVault</b></div><div class="">FileVault is the native data encryption tool for OS X Lion (10.7) and later. It uses a whole disk encryption schema similar to BitLocker’s (The native Windows encryption client) and is the recommended solution for encryption on the Mac. For more information, see <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837" class="">Apple’s page on FileVault</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you manage computers for your department, lab, or center (DLC), you will need to follow FileVault <a href="https://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Casper+-+FileVault+2+Encryption" class="">deployment instructions</a> to enable it for existing computers. You can use FileVault on standalone computers or ones that don’t have the Casper client installed; however, you will need to escrow the recovery key in a secure place. IS&T strongly recommends that community member do not enable FileVault 2 without assistance from an IT manager or consultant.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Getting Help</b></div><div class="">To learn more about deploying FileVault in your DLC, see the FileVault page i the IS&T Knowledge Base. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the IS&T Service Desk at <a href="mailto:helpdesk@mit.edu" class="">helpdesk@mit.edu</a> or 617.253.1101. You can also <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/help" class="">submit a request online</a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Sar Haidar</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Manager, Hardware & Software Deployment</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">IS&T | Enabling Services | Hardware & Software Distribution</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">W91 - 101b | 617.253.8375 | <a href="mailto:shaidar@mit.edu" class="">shaidar@mit.edu</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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