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Data Security: 4 Questions For Road Warriors
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KellyG077
KellyG077,
 User Rank: Apprentice
3/12/2014 | 7:56:36 AM
Data Security via Secure wallets
I have been reading the article and people commenting on it regarding carrying sensive data like credit cars or licenses type material.I have been facing the same thoughts but since i have been using these secure walllets option in an encryption sofware #dataprotecto its been quite a easy journey for me as i travel alot, And by using these sort of encryption keeps me aways from worries.
davepiscitello
davepiscitello,
 User Rank: Apprentice
2/3/2014 | 8:55:42 AM
Re: nCrypted Cloud
I could not have found a more appropriate cartoon, thanks!

Practically speaking, no organization should put an employee in a position to be the target of a $5 hammer.

And while I mentioned border officers, I think the attack landscape for physical world attacks includes criminal actors. If we agree that spear phishing is a practical attack, then we shouldn't discount that criminals in the real world might identify a key role employee who also carries data they could sell or use for coercively.
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
1/31/2014 | 10:31:21 PM
Re: nCrypted Cloud
If the encryption is good, the encryption is good.  As Bruce Schneier says, "Trust the math."

But you are absolutely right about your comment regarding the potential for putting an employee at risk -- as this XKCD comic strip deftly illustrates.
davepiscitello
davepiscitello,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/31/2014 | 3:04:18 PM
Re: nCrypted Cloud
This is an interesting approach but again, this is a solution not a strategy.

You begin down a particular path when you adopt a policy that "undefeatable" encryption makes it OK to travel with ANY data on the basis that it can't be decrypted. This is not a risk assessment: it's hubris. 

Think about whether such an approach might put an employee at risk when traveling. Will it put your employee at any less risk in a scenario where an authority demands disclosure if he is incapable rather than unwilling to relinquish keys to data? Your employee may be detained until you disclose. The root problem is that you've decided to make certain data mobile when you perhaps really should not.
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
1/30/2014 | 11:54:05 PM
Re: nCrypted Cloud
@Dave: The key, then, is to treat a court order as an insider threat and make encryption secure against even you yourself, as Ed Felten discusses in this excellent blog post.
asksqn
asksqn,
 User Rank: Ninja
1/30/2014 | 4:26:11 PM
Some Other Options Not Discussed
(1)  Boycott those countries like the US that claim to be free but in reality simply paying lip service to freedom. 

(2)  If you must travel, leave your electronics at home. Period. 

(3)  Get involved with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).  The EFF watches the watchers and litigates accordingly.  For an allegedly "free" country, the US becomes more tyrannical/less free with each passing administration headed by the political duopoly.

(4) Vote third party.  The two major parties have proven to be clones of each other with very little difference between them.

 

 
Marilyn Cohodas
Marilyn Cohodas,
 User Rank: Strategist
1/30/2014 | 9:31:29 AM
Re: Baby steps
Thanks for jumping in on this @jg and I appreciate your positive spin on the vendor pitches. (You saved me the trouble!) But you also raise an interesting point about whether the market has yet to produce a solution that people want. 

So my question is what a mobile solution for data security look like from the user point of view? Let's hash it out in the comments.
jgherbert
jgherbert,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/29/2014 | 11:46:38 PM
Baby steps
Whatever way you look at it there is clearly a market for solutions in this space. 

BobH088 here has made 4 posts since signing up, all identical by the way, plugging his solution.

ThomasM571 entered the fray with a plug for his solution, although all credit to him - he stayed for the discussion and he disclosed hs affiliation, and I respect that.

That certainly confirms to me that this is a market that companies are keen to tap, and one where they believe users see the value. I guess if we can persuade people to use a PIN as a starting point, we can get them to take the next step!
BobH088
BobH088,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/29/2014 | 1:57:37 PM
lost data solution

One of the most common causes of data getting in the wrong hands is the loss of mobile devices that often contain a frightening amount of private information. I want to share a protection option that worked for me. Tracer tags let someone who finds your lost stuff contact you directly without exposing your private information. I use them on almost everything I take when I travel after one of the tags was responsible for getting my lost laptop returned to me in Rome one time. You can get them at mystufflostandfound.com
ThomasM571
ThomasM571,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/29/2014 | 12:44:36 PM
Re: nCrypted Cloud
David,

Well said.  We agree to be different.  

How do you feel about the internet of things?   I am concerned that my refrigerator may be spying on me playing Angry Birds (while the NSA is spying on me).   

Tom
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