OK, the review of the 7 Full Disk Encryption suites is now complete.
The results are at:
http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/index.ph...ewtopic&id=250

I did an analysis of various FDE solutions to find the best one for my
needs. The key thing I was interested was that it must be AES 256,
reasonably fast, inexpensive, and *offer key recovery in case of
password loss*.

Compusec is great for home / personal use. It is cheap i.e. $0.00
(Free), and does not slow down the computer as much as the other
products. But that is because it only support 128 bit AES, which is a
major drawback as most enterprise settings require at least 256 bit
AES. Compusec also has a great online support forum where you can get
your questions answered by Compusec employees and other experienced
users.

I ended up purchasing both Utimaco and Pointsec. They are excellent
products. They both support AES 256. The downside is that they are
little bit expensive (Pointsec:$170 ; Utimaco:$200) and slow.

The best thing is they both offer great password / encryption key
recovery capabilities. You can create a recovery disk with both
products.

They also offer password recovery using Challenge / Response sequence,
where the IT Helpdesk can perform a Challenge/Response sequence with
the user to help them recover the password or reset it to a new one.
Off course Challenge/Response password recovery is the NOT most secure,
especially if the user is remote, but you have the option to disable it
on the laptop if you want.
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saqib
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net