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Windows Rights Management Security for Microsoft Documents and Emails Presented By Stephanie L. Moore, Ph.D. Patricia Cantrell Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. Two ways to protect your data. Protect Individual Files Tool: Windows Rights Management
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Windows Rights Management Security for Microsoft Documents and Emails Presented By Stephanie L. Moore, Ph.D. Patricia Cantrell Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning
Two ways to protect your data • Protect Individual Files • Tool: Windows Rights Management • Encrypt data (like locking an entire section of your hard drive) • Tools: PGP or TrueCrypt
Windows Rights Management Encryption
Why/When WRM? • Sending sensitive information/data • Examples: • Sending information, data or ideas that should have a limited audience • Examples: • Sending content that should expire after a certain date • Examples:
WRM - How Step 1: (UNC/enterprise solution) Turn on Windows Rights Management Already on your work machine as part of Windows Place call to Help Desk IT staff member will “turn it on” Little time, No cost Easy to use
Document Permissions Icon Grayed out when not active Red circle with “dash” or “minus sign” WRM - How
WRM - How staff.member@unco.edu staff.member2@unco.edu
WRM – How - Email Permissions either all on or all off Overrides permissions set to attached documents SO … let’s look at handling attachments
WRM – How – Email w/ Attachments • Do you want to protect what’s in the attachment, or what’s being communicated in the email? • Sensitive information in the email itself? – set permissions on the email • Sensitive information only in the attachment? – set permissions in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, attach to email, but do NOT secure email
WRM – Let’s Practice! • Word, Excel or PowerPoint • Email – will have to practice on your machine