Originally Posted by zencoder
Oh come now! How dare you suggest they do things PROPERLY! ;)
Hey Jonn-o, long time no see.
I've heard of Pointsec and seen it compared to several other whole-drive/removable-device/all-encompasing enterprise protection/encryption schemes (how appropriate, the word "scheme").
These vendors sell a "silver bullet solution" to these problems, when the problem/opportunity/solution is actually founded in user behavior and corporate/agency policy. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on which vendor you are), the way things have gone with the data disclosures and devices thefts in the last 18 months, it's probably better to consider a laptop as a simple thin-client front end for initiating the VPN tunnel into the protected fortress. It's a simple fact that if your data walks out the door (in any format), your odd's of being splashed on the main page of BBC or CNN just rose drastically.
So this may make your manager happy, but I doubt it will actually improve your security posture significantly. If you build it, they will come (and break it). "They" being your users. "Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools." -- Albert Einstein
Anything that leaves the logio-physical perimeter of your (organizations) direct technical control is at higher risk of theft, accidental loss, and potential disclosure, and no amount of fancy software, hardware, schemas, and sales hullubaloo is going to change that.
And with that, I'm gone for another 3 months! Haha, no, I'll try to hang around more.