[Macpartners] Fwd: IS&T seeking community assistance in evaluating hard disk encryption

[Jonathan Hunt]

Good afternoon,

It is not too late to volunteer to participate in the hard disk  
encryption evaluation.  We will get the ball rolling on Monday, so if  
you are interested please contact me before Monday if possible.

Thanks,
Jon
___________________________________________________
Jonathan McIndoe Hunt     MIT EECS '97 617.253.0172
Manager Software Services
Client Support Services
Information Services & Technology, MIT
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/software/



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jonathan Hunt <jmhunt at MIT.EDU>
> Date: July 21, 2006 3:01:47 PM EDT
> To: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu
> Cc: is&t at mit.edu
> Subject: IS&T seeking community assistance in evaluating hard disk  
> encryption
>
> Good Afternoon,
>
> Based on recent community concerns about exposure of Institute  
> data, IS&T is exploring improvements in how MIT's departments, labs  
> and centers protect sensitive data.  MIT's Information Technology  
> Architecture Group (ITAG) requested IS&T evaluate hard disk  
> encryption tools as one way to enhance the protection of sensitive  
> data stored on MIT laptops and desktops.
>
> I am leading this pilot project and would like to recruit at least  
> 8 reasonably tech-savvy pilot testers from outside IS&T to evaluate  
> some candidate solutions and ensure we end up with something that  
> will work effectively in your departments, labs and centers at MIT.  
> The project will last about two months with most communication  
> electronically via a wiki and email and a few team meetings during  
> the course of the project.
>
> Initially the project team will be evaluating the encryption  
> solutions bundled with the operating systems:
> 1)     Microsoft's Encrypted File System (EFS)
> 2)     Apple's FileVault
>
> We will need to identify their advantages and pitfalls as potential  
> solutions in your environment.  Based on these findings, we may  
> look at other third-party commercial solutions, such as PGP  
> Desktop.  Once a viable encryption solution is found, IS&T will do  
> further work (e.g., documentation, installers) to make it  
> accessible for any computer users at MIT.
>
> If you are interested in participating in this project, please  
> contact me at jmhunt at mit.edu by August 4, 2006.
>
> If you do not want to participate as a pilot team member, we would  
> still value your comments, feedback and suggestions for solutions.   
> A wiki has been set up for the Hard Disk Encryption Evaluation  
> pilot to collect test results, feedback and comments in real time  
> throughout the project.  Anyone at MIT is welcome to view the wiki  
> pages at:
>
> https://confab.mit.edu/confluence/display/SWEVAL/Hard+Disk 
> +Encryption+Evaluation
> (requires certificates)
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
> ___________________________________________________
> Jonathan McIndoe Hunt     MIT EECS '97 617.253.0172
> Manager Software Services
> Client Support Services
> Information Services & Technology, MIT
> http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/software/
>
>
>

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