Even so if the method i mentioned previously on this thread is applied ,
even if the user is foolish enough to avoid or unable to understand and
apply the theory of a password then maybe they shouldn't be working
anywhere near computers - but thankfully for the unbelievably stupid my
method works since it applies to the following criteria:
1. Who you are (Biometric authentication)
2. What you know (The password of the unintelligent ignorant user)
3. What you have (The usb stick with the key on it)
To my opinion, any user not following a company's security policy should
be either arrested for possible industrial espionage and/or sabotage of
the company. The minimum impact should be his/her dismissal from the
company as an employee.
Regards,
Mario A. Spinthiras
MandommGmail wrote:
I'm concerned about a user leaving the id and password on paper in or
near the laptop.
There is no way one can defend against a user who decides to stick a
sticky pad on his laptop and leaves his password there. The best
encryption tool does not defend against human stupidity.
Alex
----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>
To: "Brown, Sam" <sbrown@ashe.ucla.edu>; <mario@netway.com.cy>;
<lists@hwf.cc>
Cc: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: Security procedure question
If you don't mind, can I ask what product you selected? There are some
full/whole disc encryption implementations that support TPM. See the
URL for description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDE#Full_disk_encryption_and_Trusted_Platform_Module
If your laptops are TPM enabled the full disc encryption software can
wrap the decryption key with TPM, so the user won't have to remember
or note down an extra username/password.
On 9/20/06, Brown, Sam <sbrown@ashe.ucla.edu> wrote:
We're going to be deploying whole disk encryption to our laptops so
I am
interested in hearing how others have distributed the software
encryption ID's and passwords to users. I'm concerned about a user
leaving the id and password on paper in or near the laptop.
Sam Brown
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