Re: pointsec vs. Guardian Edge

[Steve Brukbacher <sab2 () UWM EDU>]

That's exactly the problem with that solution from our perspective.
We're in no big hurry to get to Vista.  We'd rather let other beta test
the come on board after service pack 1.
Plus I like the idea of a third party product for this purpose.

--
Steve Brukbacher, CISSP
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Information Security Coordinator
UWM Computer Security Web Site
www.security.uwm.edu
Phone: 414.229.2224



Solomon Asmelash wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Vista has the capability of full drive encryption. Have you considered
> that option? That may involve fast forwarding migration to the new OS.
>
> Solomon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Brukbacher [mailto:sab2 () UWM EDU]
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:16 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] pointsec vs. Guardian Edge
>
> Hello,
> We are looking into whole hard drive encryption products.  We've
> narrowed it down to Pointsec and Guardian Edge. Anyone have experience
> with either of these or both?  Are you aware of any issues related to
> supportability that a buyer should be aware of?