Information Protection and Security

McAfee Endpoint Encryption is presently available for the Windows environment. However, other possibilities are also available.

Background information about data at rest and associated vulnerabilities, including data breaches that have already taken place. It *can* happen here.

Implementation document listing the milestones in the implementation of DAR encryption. General rollout begins in the first quarter of FY2009.

Encryption software protects data-at-rest (DAR). Laptops and other mobile devices with critical data may be lost or stolen, compromising the data. In the event of a data breach involving Social Security Numbers, credit cards and the like -- collectively termed Non-Public Personal Information (NPPI) -- the New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act requires Rutgers to send notifications warning of the possibility of identity theft. An incident may also open the university to adverse publicity.

 Basic security applies to anyone using a computer.