Comments on: Protect client data with encryption http://lawyerist.com/protect-client-data-with-encryption/ the lawyering survival guide Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam Glover http://lawyerist.com/protect-client-data-with-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Sam Glover Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:08:29 +0000 http://solosmalltech.com/?p=94#comment-75 You can't encrypt the whole hard drive, actually. You have to have a partition to run the OS from, including TrueCrypt. Otherwise, yes, you would do just as well encrypting a second hard drive. I always use a partition for my home directory to make backup (and encryption) easier. As for the laptop, I just don't see the point in owning a desktop anymore. It ties me to an office, and I'd rather work sitting on my porch. Just like anything else, it's all about backup. Twice a day to an external drive, and once a day offsite. You can’t encrypt the whole hard drive, actually. You have to have a partition to run the OS from, including TrueCrypt. Otherwise, yes, you would do just as well encrypting a second hard drive. I always use a partition for my home directory to make backup (and encryption) easier.

As for the laptop, I just don’t see the point in owning a desktop anymore. It ties me to an office, and I’d rather work sitting on my porch. Just like anything else, it’s all about backup. Twice a day to an external drive, and once a day offsite.

]]> By: Zale http://lawyerist.com/protect-client-data-with-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Zale Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:19:55 +0000 http://solosmalltech.com/?p=94#comment-74 Great article. The thought occurred to me that if I were encrypting on a Windows machine, I would probably just add another hard drive (unless it's on a laptop - but why trust all your data to a laptop?) and just encrypt the whole thing, instead of placing a new partition on an existing Windows hard drive. Great article. The thought occurred to me that if I were encrypting on a Windows machine, I would probably just add another hard drive (unless it’s on a laptop – but why trust all your data to a laptop?) and just encrypt the whole thing, instead of placing a new partition on an existing Windows hard drive.

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