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The HEISC Technologies, Operations, and Practices Group has created a page on Full Disk Encryption.

Full disk encryption (FDE) is a security safeguard that protects all data stored on a hard drive from unauthorized access using disk-level encryption. With FDE, all data is encrypted by default, taking the security decision out of the hands of the user. The most common use case for implementing FDE is to protect data loss due to lost or stolen laptops, which is often sufficient enough to avoid costly data breach notification requirements.

The purpose of this guide is to provide worthwhile strategies for implementing full disk encryption throughout your organization, and to identify common pitfalls to avoid. The following topics are covered on this page:

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Whole Disk Encryption Evaluation and Deployment: October 24, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Baylor University has spent two years working on a large-scale deployment of whole disk encryption. This session presents the process from selecting the encryption technology to the culminating dep…
Naughty Bit: July 6, 2007

© 2007 Steve Worona. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ ).…
Developing a Certification Authority for PKI at Virginia Tech: January 1, 2011

Virginia Tech began to explore how to integrate digital certificates into our infrastructure services after the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Council on Technology Services’ Privacy, security, a…
Big Encryption on a Small Budget: Using Truecrypt to Protect Your Sensitive Data: April 11, 2007 | A session at the Security 2007
This presentation will demonstrate how to use Truecrypt, a free, easy-to-use Windows encryption utility, and discuss the pros and cons of other encryption products to help evaluate encryption utili…
The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age: January 1, 2006

The study explores whether innovative educational uses of digital technology – everything from DVDs in the classroom to digital music libraries to online resources such as Wikipedia -- are hamper…
Helping Students Adapt to Computer-Based Encrypted Examinations: January 1, 2006

Helping Students Adapt to Computer-Based Encrypted Examinations Faculty can promote student acceptance of computer-based exams through training and encouragement By Lori Baker-Eveleth , …
Encryption from the Database to the Laptop PC: January 1, 2006

"Vendor initiatives abound for securing sensitive data." "Vendor initiatives abound for securing sensitive data." …
System-Wide Strategies for Achieving IT Security at the University of California: April 11, 2006 | A session at the Security 2006
The University of California embarked on an initiative to achieve effective stewardship of personal and restricted information accessed and used in the university's academic, business, and hea…
What's New with SAML 2.0?: February 8, 2006
February 8, 2006 CAMP061_154934 …
A CAF and a Half: The Penn State eAuthentication Experience: February 8, 2006
February 8, 2006 CAMP061_154937 …

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