Recently, a cross-funtional group from ILTA came together to discuss this topic and some of the things they are seeing in their firms. If a client decides they do not want to use TrueCrypt proffering an alternative certainly helps keep compatibility working between and across organizations. There’s not much else to go on at this point, so having alternatives identified for the foreseeable future is important. The last fully functional version, 7.1a, may be found at their new site. How to handle this revelation comes down to your firm’s concern for the claim that TrueCrypt is indeed somehow vulnerable, which ties to the risk appetite of the firm, and ultimately what clients’ are willing to accept.Ī new group of developers and interested persons have picked up TrueCrypt, vowing “TrueCrypt must not die”, and moving the software to Switzerland. 7Zip, BitLocker to Go, WinRAR, and PGP are a few alternatives and there are many others, but each has its limitations. There are alternatives, but finding one that has similar versatility at the same price point and ease of distribution that TrueCrypt brought to the table is challenging.
It handles encrypted volumes and disk encryption to point out a few of the more popular features that had/has many organizations as large as using TrueCrypt. It’s easily distributed given its open source heritage. After the initial flare there’s been no further communications from the TrueCrypt developers on the subject leaving all TrueCrypts fans to speculate wildly in the vacuum that's been left unfilled.īut what does all this mean to those of us that must continue on in a world where TrueCrypt’s future is uncertain? The use of this toolset is widespread as it solves a significant number of encryption challenges in a neat, tidy package. At the same time a version update, 7.2, removed all functionality other than the ability to decrypt existing volumes or drives. All of which caught the attention of all sorts of people - security pros as well as general industry types. The developers tied the end of support to the termination of Windows XP. They also recommended moving to BitLocker for any needs that TrueCrypt would have previously fulfilled. The TrueCrypt developers updated their sourceforge website with a somewhat cryptic note “WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues” but provides no other explanation. You’ve no doubt seen the press by this point.
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