US Senate computers will use disk encryption

guest · Nov 29, 2018

US Senate computers will use disk encryption
November 30, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-senate-computers-will-use-disk-encryption/

The US Senate will enable disk encryption on all Senate computers as a basic security measure that will make it harder for spies or criminals to extract sensitive data from stolen Senate staff PCs or hard drives.

The decision was taken last month by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which instructed the Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA) to begin the data encryption process.

"I applaud these efforts as this new common-sense cybersecurity policy will better protect sensitive Senate data from those who might wish to compromise it," said Oregon Democrat Senator Ron Wyden
[...] "This new policy will make it much harder for any would-be spy or criminal who steals a Senate computer to access Senate data," Sen. Wyden added.

Details about the exact timeline or progress of the disk encryption process have not been made available, but Senators and their staff should hope this doesn't go as bad as the adoption of multi-factor authentication.
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