RE: Stolen laptops and the Windows encrypted file system?

["Young, Keith" <Keith.Young () montgomerycountymd gov>]

> Is EFS only effective then against attackers who don't know about this
service?

Or thieves who only want to resell the laptop and not the data, yes.

Otherwise, for those people looking for data, EnCase will do a great job
of decrypting EFS and searching for specific info:
        http://www.encase.com/products/ef_AddOn.asp

--Keith

Keith Young, Security Official
Department of Technology Services
Montgomery County, Maryland
phone - (240) 777-2955

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