Comments on: Businesses protest Massachusetts encryption law

By: TekWarrior

TekWarrior — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:36:54 +0000

The fact is that there is some openware (TrueCrypt) that is free and will encrypt entire system volumns (not what we are using, but it is a cheap solution).

As for the time to impliment the extension is needed, the writter here has no clue what it takes to impliment something like this in a large enterprise environment. I work for the IT of a very large retailer and we are pushing to make the May 1st deadline and will likely go over, so it is a relief to have the extra time.

By: Howard Falcon

Howard Falcon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:14:38 +0000

While the law may appear to be over bearing it is not going to break the bank to implement. If retailers want to keep and store the data, which most just turn around and resell, then pay the just comply and stop crying.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:13:37 +0000

I am an IT service provider in Massachusetts. This law is going to be very expensive for most law firms to implement. New software and hardware will have to be purchased, tested and installed, and training of all
employees will also have to occur.

Then you have to factor in the drop in productivity of having the employees have to jump through all these technical hurdles.

With the Economy in shambles, this is a very bad time to try to implement this.