best way to organize professional v. personal use

[pm-r]

josehill, I'm glad to read your suggestion to "hold off on turning on FileFault encryption" especially considering that no cautions were mentioned when doing so. Gee, even Apple provides a warning if one is going to enable its use, and the user should be very aware of any consequences if and when using FileFault encryption.

And maybe I've just encountered too many problems with some users use, and in some cases lost files when they "lost" their password. It's just not normally needed for the average user IMHO.

 

[josehill]

josehill, I'm glad to read your suggestion to "hold off on turning on FileFault encryption" especially considering that no cautions were mentioned when doing so. Gee, even Apple provides a warning if one is going to enable its use, and the user should be very aware of any consequences if and when using FileFault encryption.

And maybe I've just encountered too many problems with some users use, and in some cases lost files when they "lost" their password. It's just not normally needed for the average user IMHO.

Your point is well taken, but we're not talking about the average user; we're talking about a user of Protected Health Information at a remote location. Frankly, failure to encrypt such data on a user's laptop is a very serious regulatory lapse that can result in staggering fines. Most larger institutions require the use of end-to-end encryption, even including USB drives used to transfer data, and FileVault is in common use in organizations that use Macs and are covered by these sorts of regulations. Given the size of the potential liabilities (and the government is not shy about enforcing penalties), it's astonishing that there are still a lot of hospitals and medical offices that don't rigorously enforce encryption policies.

 

[pm-r]

Thanks josehill, but being from Canada I don't know anything about Protected Health Information but just taking a guess as to what info it might contain I'm absolutely blown away that any single user would even have such info on their computer. That's just bloody amazing and pretty stupid if you ask me. Especially if it's any personal health information which I'm assuming it would be.

Good grief!!