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**TimSchroeder** · 12-28-2006, 02:40 PM

To address the issue of data leaks of the kind we've seen so often in the last year because of stolen or missing laptops, writes Saqib Ali, the Feds are planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all Government-owned computers. "On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate was put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the HDD. The U.S. Government is currently conducting the largest single side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full Disk Encryption product. The selected product will be deployed on Millions of computers in the U.S. federal government space. This implementation will end up being the largest single implementation ever, and all of the information regarding the competition is in the public domain. The evaluation will come to an end in 90 days. You can view all the vendors competing and list of requirements."

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**katzhooper** · 01-04-2007, 07:59 AM

I think it is about time all governments took this stand, in the UK there is always something in the news about a laptop being stolen or a blackberry being left on a train. Most of them carry information in emails ect.

Even though there is a cost involved I think it is a good move.