#disk-encryption

It’s not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it’s investigating.

Resolved: Recommended drive encryption solution #computers #it #dev

Recommended drive encryption solution

I will soon be purchasing a number of laptops running Windows 7 for our mobile staff. Due to the nature of our business I will need drive encryption. Windows BitLocker seems the obvious choice, but it looks like I need to purchase either Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate editions to get it. Can anyone offer suggestions on the best course of action:

a) Use…

How to: How do I resize a FileVault 2 encrypted partition? #programming #it #development

How do I resize a FileVault 2 encrypted partition?

Running Mac OS X Lion. My current setup is a 250 GB partition, encrypted by FileVault2, for Lion. Old Snow Leopard install is in second half, another 250 GB partition, unencrypted, of the same disk.

The Disk Utility GUI doesn’t allow me to delete the Snow Leopard partition due to CoreStorage (FV2) partitions being present on the disk.

Using…

How to: Reading an encfs volume from Windows? #answer #fix #computers

Reading an encfs volume from Windows?

I’ve been looking into encfs as a solution to encrypt my personal data. However I want to access this data both on Linux and Windows on different machines (synced through Dropbox). So far all Google searches have brought up pages which specify that there is no Windows client that reads encfs.

Can it be done?

Answer [by Gilles]: Reading an encfs volume from…

How-to: is there a way to stop mac osx disk encryption in progress? #it #dev #development

is there a way to stop mac osx disk encryption in progress?

I chose a 1T external drive for time machine and checked the “encrypt backups” option. I thought it will only encrypt the backups, but as it seems it is now encrypting the whole drive which has quite some data on it and is not SSD ;). Is there a way to cancel the encryption process? I turned off Time Machine and chose another drive for…

How-to: How do I encrypt a Samsung Evo 840 SSD? #answer #computers #solution

How do I encrypt a Samsung Evo 840 SSD?

I’ve purchased a HP Envy 15-j005ea laptop which I have upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro. I have also removed the HDD and replaced it with a 1TB Samsung Evo 840 SSD. I now wish to encrypt the drive to protect my company’s source code and my personal documents but I can’t work out how to do it or if its even possible.

I gather that it is not recommended to use…

Fixed: What do you do about staff and personal laptops? #fix #development #solution

What do you do about staff and personal laptops?

Today, one of our developers had his laptop stolen from his house. Apparently, he had a full svn checkout of the company’s source code, as well as a full copy of the SQL database.

This is one massive reason why I’m personally against allowing company work on personal laptops. However, even if this had been a company owned laptop, we’d still have…

Answer: What do you do about staff and personal laptops? #computers #programming #it

What do you do about staff and personal laptops?

Today, one of our developers had his laptop stolen from his house. Apparently, he had a full svn checkout of the company’s source code, as well as a full copy of the SQL database.

This is one massive reason why I’m personally against allowing company work on personal laptops. However, even if this had been a company owned laptop, we’d still have…