Re: Using Bitlocker

["Everett, Alex D" <alex.everett () UNC EDU>]

Are users able to remove BitLocker (e.g. Member of Local Administrators)?
That is a concern that I have wrt BitLocker.

-Alex

From: <Judd>, Taylor Allen
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:17 AM
To: "SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>"
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Using Bitlocker

There are four or five spin offs to truecrypt at the moment. A few listed below. I’d be curious the impression of these 
tools and the “trust” behind their code?

https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/
http://mhogomchungu.github.io/zuluCrypt/
https://ciphershed.org/

Even if you use a spin off, there have been many discussions as to the legality of the license as truecrypt used a 
custom license that raises some trademark/copyright concerns.

I also haven’t heard anything recently about the truecrypt 7.1a audit that was supposedly still ongoing. Last I saw on 
the audit but not sure how reliable the source is:
https://cryptoservices.github.io/fde/2015/02/18/truecrypt-phase-two.html

For now if I’m doing full disk encryption I use the application native to the platform, windows:bitlocker, 
osx:filevault, linux:dm-crypt/luks   Then for container based encryption I still use the 7.1a variant of truecrypt.

Taylor

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Faircloth
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:28 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Using Bitlocker

We’re starting to use BitLocker as a replacement for TrueCrypt (using Virtual Drive files).  My only complaint is that 
it’s a bit unwieldy; you have to get into disk management in order to mount/unmount drives.

Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternate front-end?

/tim
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Tim Faircloth
System Administrator, GSW IIT
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of 
KILDARE,Duane V
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Using Bitlocker

I am thinking of using Bitlocker on systems for persons who handle sensitive information.  I am just enquiring, if 
anyone has used Bitlocker in any implementation, and any issues you had  or concerns?

Duane Kildare
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