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Old 04-20-2018, 03:03 PM   #299
Greg Anos
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
Glad to hear you got is sorted, but since I assume the backup drive is on your premises, under your control, why did you feel the need to encrypt it? Under what circumstances might someone else get access to it and read it?

(An old friend a few years back was playing with Windows full disk encryption, and managed to lock himself out of his main system. He managed to restore order, but his wife was seriously considering finding somewhere else to stay for a few days while he got it sorted out because he was not fit to be around while he tried to solve the problem. Speaking personally, I wouldn't have chosen the boot drive on my main system as the one to use to experiment with full disk encryption...)

Here, data is backed up to USB thumb drives, and I feel no need for encryption. I live in a multi-unit dwelling with a front desk. The only way anyone gets anything of my machine is sitting down at the keyboard. If they can do that, I've got bigger problems than computer security.
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The data is in a sealed silo, thousands of kilometers from where I am. I'd have to get a pass from God to get in. The mainframe world has security like Cheyenne Mountain used to have. . .

Separate off-site back up systems, disaster recovery system, and an army of auditors to make certain the rules are followed.

It's a whole different world from the client/server or cloud.

But it pays well.

(These are the systems that settle Wall Street transactions, most bank transactions, and are the backbone of credit card transactions. I was once on -call for a system that clears 2-3 Trillion USD - a day!)

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