TSA to Contractors - Encrypt Your Laptops

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @05:32AM from the probably-a-good-idea dept.

eweekhickins writes "After two laptops were lost containing the personal data of 3,900+ truckers who handle HAZMATs, the Transportation Security Administration has ordered its contractors to encrypt any and all data. 'After the second theft or loss, the TSA conducted an IT forensic investigation that ascertained that the (previously) deleted information could be retrieved if a thief had the proper training. "So even though [there's only a] small chance of [the data being misused], we did notify all affected individuals and advised them of what steps to take to protect themselves, and we mandated that contractors need to encrypt any and all data in addition to any deletion procedures that might be in place," Davis said.'"

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Windows by WED+Fan · 2007-10-17 05:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Can we have someone post something to the effect "that if MS weren't so evil, they'd encrypt the drive already and we wouldn't have this problem"?

For gods' sake, people, this is /., if you don't post about how this is MS evil doing, entropy will set in.

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