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How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data?
sprkltgr writes "Our HR department is implementing new software. The HR Director has tasked me with sending our data out of our network to the consultant that's loading it in to the new package. Obviously this data includes items such as SSN, name, birth date, etc. Upon being told that I would not email this data to her, the consultant asked what my security requirements were for sending the data. What would be on your wishlist for the best way to send sensitive data to someone outside your firewall?"
Redacted using FBI security techniques will guarantee absolutely nobody will be able to see it.
Make sure you send the password with the file.
Deliver it by hand.... if you're lucky they'll give you one of those cool attache cases that handcuffs to your wrist.
Three Squirrels
Encrypt the drive and put it in a locked case, handcuffed to your wrist. Have a second person carry the key to the handcuffs and to the case and take a separate train. Just for good measures, send out decoys for both yourself and the man with they. Rendezvous at the consultant's headquarters.
Don't forget to wear mirrored sunglasses.
Alternately, you could quantum encrypt the data, send the key by smoke signal, and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.