[Macpartners] Recommendations from IS&T re: FileVault 2

[Andrew Munchbach]

Hi Steve--

This functionality is not built into Mac OS X 10.7 server.  Apple has informed us they have no plans to add such a feature.

Best--
Andrew
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Andrew Munchbach
Macintosh Platform Coordinator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
IS&T | Systems Engineering | SWRT
amunch at mit.edu
+1 (617) 324-4571

On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Steven M Burke wrote:

> Monique,
> 
> What are the chances of Security hosting an Apple FileVault 2 Recovery Token Server?
> 
> -Steve
> 
> 
> From: Monique Yeaton <myeaton at MIT.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:57:36 -0400
> To: ditr <ditr at mit.edu>, itpartners <itpartners at mit.edu>, macpartners <macpartners at mit.edu>, help-administrators <help-administrators at mit.edu>
> Cc: "itss at mit.edu" <itss at mit.edu>
> Subject: Recommendations from IS&T re: FileVault 2 
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> There is a compatibility issue between PGP and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
> 
> IS&T provides PGP Full Disk Encryption software for administrators on campus who have a business need to handle sensitive data for MIT. However, it may be several months before Symantec releases a version of PGP that runs on Mac OS X 10.7 (see the Symantec Advisory). For this reason, IS&T recommends that users who handle sensitive data on Macs, and use PGP for encryption, WAIT to upgrade to Lion.
> 
> Our Recommendations for Mac OS X 10.7 Users
> A recommendation has been provided by the IT Security team regarding the use of FileVault 2 -- the native encryption tool built into the operating system -- on Mac OS X 10.7. These recommendations and precautionary steps have been posted to the Hermes knowledge base. Please read the notice carefully before enabling FileVault 2 as a whole disk encryption solution.
> 
> Support
> Users in need of further assistance can contact the Help Desk at 617.253.1101, helpdesk at mit.edu, or by submitting a request online (http://ist.mit.edu/support).
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Monique
> 
> =========================
> Monique Yeaton
> IT Security Communications Consultant
> MIT Information Services & Technology (IS&T)
> (617) 253-2715
> http://ist.mit.edu/security
> 
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