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I tried to find out how (if) Wave is involved with bitblocker. I still don't know! I e-mailed SKS because that I thought that key management and key-recovery was unique to Wave still. This paragraph got me thinking. Not one person replied to my 4 posts regarding this, even kantbelieveit after he asked me to post SKS's remarks.. CPA pokes a few words out and he gets 10 replies, go figure!


"The built-in support for data encryption is useful,
but a lot depends on the key-management and
key-recovery capabilities that Microsoft offers in
Windows Vista, said Lloyd Hession, chief security
officer at BT Radianz, a New York-based company that
provides telecommunications services to financial
service firms."

Posted by: wavxmaster
In reply to: wavxmaster who wrote msg# 122590 Date:6/2/2006 5:50:28 PM
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Part 3:

Subject: Re: Bit Blocker
From: "steven sprague" <[e-mail]> View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:13:54 +0000 GMT

We are building full support for vista with our enterprise tools and we
will support 2000, XP, and vista. Also seagate will provide the industrial
strength solution to drive encryption.



Steven Sprague
Wave Systems Corp.
cell 413-441-2173
Phone [phone]
(mobile Email)

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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 09:49:02
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Subject: Bit Blocker

Stephen

First of all, I'd like to thank you and Jerry for
being so generous with your time at the Red Chip
Conference in Florida. My wife, Kathy, and I
thoroughly enjoyed our time spent with you and Mr
Feeney.

Could you please comment on the below article,
specifically about this sentence and how it affects
Wave:

"The built-in support for data encryption is useful,
but a lot depends on the key-management and
key-recovery capabilities that Microsoft offers in
Windows Vista, said Lloyd Hession, chief security
officer at BT Radianz, a New York-based company that
provides telecommunications services to financial
service firms."

Here is the full article:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;33727868;fp;2;fpid;1

Microsoft ups security in Vista

Jaikumar Vijayan

31/05/2006 07:45:22

A Microsoft official said last week that encryption
and policy-control functions being built into Windows
Vista are designed to make it easier for corporate
users to protect themselves against data compromise.

For instance, Windows Vista includes BitLocker, a
technology that will enable companies to encrypt all
of the data on their hard drives using 1,024-bit
encryption, said Mike Chan, a senior technical product
manager for Microsoft's Vista team. With BitLocker,
the keys used to encrypt data aren't stored on a PC's
hard drive. Instead, they're kept on a separate
Trusted Platform Module microchip mounted on the
system's motherboard, allowing for full encryption of
the hard drive, Chan said.

During a speech at the Microsoft Security Summit here
last week, Chan said that the software vendor's goal
is to give users a way to protect sensitive data from
being compromised even if a computer or hard drive is
lost or stolen.

The built-in support for data encryption is useful,
but a lot depends on the key-management and
key-recovery capabilities that Microsoft offers in
Windows Vista, said Lloyd Hession, chief security
officer at BT Radianz, a New York-based company that
provides telecommunications services to financial
services firms.

"Encryption at the OS level is a good thing," Hession
said. But the problem with encryption in general has
been the issue of data recovery, he added. It's one of
the reasons why few companies encrypt data at the
desktop level, despite the potential benefits, Hession
said.

Meanwhile, the Group Policy Console feature in Windows
Vista will give IT administrators much greater control
over end-user systems, Chan said. For instance, with
the new controls, administrators could enforce
policies that prevent end users from connecting USB
thumb drives to their systems without explicit
authorization, he said. That approach is "much
superior to the old method of caulking" USB ports, or
even using Super Glue on them, to prevent improper
used, Chan added.

The lockdown capability is part of the broader set of
User Account Control (UAC) features aimed at limiting
the administrator-level access that Windows users
typically have had on their PCs.

Support for functions like UAC will finally give
Windows some of the security functions that have been
available in rival operating systems such as Unix for
years, said Andrew Jacquith, an analyst at Yankee
Group Research Inc. in Boston. But Microsoft needs to
ensure that the functionality doesn't come at the cost
of usability and compatibility with previous
applications, he noted.

Thanks again
Brad

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