Hi,
I work for a medical practice and we're in a bit of a bind. Turns out that HIPAA laws require us to encrypt any data that may contain PHI and I suspect quite a few docs on our Server 2003 file server do. What I'd like to do is either create a new virtual disk (which would exist on our physical RAID array) that is entirely encrypted for the purposes of migrating user shares to, or create a new Server 2008 VM and migrate our data over if using BitLocker is our best bet.
I'm very new to encryption so a "101" explanation of the best route would be helpful. I understand it at a basic level but have no experience in deploying it on file shares that are accessed by multiple users. What I don't want is for them to have to enter in a password every time they access something on their user share. Ideally I'd like the end result to behave identically (from a user perspective) to their current mapped drives. I've heard of whole disk encryption that requires a password or USB key on boot-up but am not sure if those solutions are compatible with VMware servers. I also would like to avoid a complicated Active Directory Certificate Server solution unless there is some benefit to it. Finally, a solution that doesn't require me to manually modify each PC or laptop that would connect to the share would be ideal.
Thanks,
Chris
BTW- If anybody suggests BitLocker, can you also give your thoughts on the following FB article that states BL is not supported with VMware? http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2036142