RE: Protect folder data.

Or better yet, a removable flash memory stick of some kind. Truly
removable, much more reliable than a floppy (and faster) and the size
difference is remarkable. Some of the new ones can hold quite a bit of
data. If you want to be completely safe, store your data there encrypted,
and that way keep it off the rig. They can't crack it if they can't find
it.

Spencer

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From: rjc_at_caley.org.uk [mailto:rjc_at_caley.org.uk]On Behalf Of Richard
Caley
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:05 AM
To: Tony - CIA;CISA;CDP;CPA;MBA
Cc: SECURITY-BASICS_at_securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Protect folder data.

In article <F5B0vIrk3jQDz4WolWa00009198_at_hotmail.com>, tony572000 (t)
writes:

t> I have some highly confidential data that I frequently access on in a
t> folder that is on my desktop computer (ie win2k). I want to make sure
t> no one but me will able to see this data.

Unless I have missed it, no one seems to have mentioned the
possibility of putting the data on a removable medium and locking it
away securely when not in use. Of course, someone could set the
computer to intercept the data when accessed, but the same would be
true for encryption, and I certainly trust a good sturdy locked box
more than any encrypted filesystem. You could do both of course,
encrypted filesystem on a removable drive.

If the data really _is_ highly confidential, rather than that being
rhetoric, then better still to dedicate a machine to it (say buy a
cheap laptop just for this data) and lock the whole damn thing away so
no one but you touches it. If necessary, import and export data (very
carefully) on floppys. Make sure you dispose of the floppys with
extreme prejudice.

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