Disk encryption
Project description

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Disk encryption is designed to encrypt all the contents of a hard drive such as data files, applications settings, executables, applications and the operating system. Lost and stolen devices are the main motivation to focus initially on laptops. Many University employees bring their laptops home, to meetings, to the local café, and carry them on buses, planes, trains, etc. – all places in which it is easy to forget a laptop or else turn around for a few seconds, and then discover the device is missing. Breaches are very expensive to deal with. Disk encryption will help mitigate the impact of these scenarios.

Benefits
- The security of your workstation will be greatly improved.
- The entire contents of your hard disk will be encrypted.
- University data on your workstation will be protected against accidental loss or theft of your computer.
Encryption schedule
Encryption schedule
The pilot phase started in March 2018 and we expect the project to end in April 2019. As of May 1, over 85 workstations had full disk encryption.
Date | Sector |
April 29-May 15 | Faculty of Social Sciences |
April 15-May 1 | Faculty of Education |
April 8-April 24 | Faculty of Health Sciences |
March 25-April 10 | Faculty of Engineering |
March 18-April 3 | Faculty of Law, Civil Law section |
March 11-March 27 | Faculty of Science |
March-April 2018 |
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April |
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April |
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April |
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June 27-July 3 |
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July 3-6 |
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July 9-13 |
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July 16-20 |
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July 23- 27 |
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July 30 – August 3 |
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August 1 |
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August 7-10 |
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August 13-17 |
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August 20-24 |
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September 17-21 |
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September 24-28 |
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September 26 |
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October 17 |
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October 18 |
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November 5 |
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December 3-7 |
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February 11-15 |
Faculty of Law, Common law |
February 19-22 | Human Resources |
February 25-28 | Faculty of Arts |
* Other sectors will be added to the schedule gradually.
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