University of Michigan - Flint

If you lose your computer you still want to protect the information inside. Encryption can do that for you. Encryption is the standard technology used to protect sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure.

Directions for putting these measures into place on a Windows PC can be found at:  http://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/tools/download/securityshorts_encrypt_docs_windows.pdf.

Directions for Apple’s encryption tool, FileVault, can be found here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1906.html.

Question 7:

If you are storing information that is personal and private or otherwise sensitive on your laptop, it’s important to:

A.		First ask yourself whether it’s really necessary to store it at all, and delete what is unnecessary.
B.		Store it in a file titled: “private—do not read.”
C.		Use the encryption feature available on both Windows PCs and Macs to encrypt sensitive documents like your resume.
D.		Write it in pig Latin.
E.		A and C

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