Welcome to the Data-at-Rest (DAR) web blog. There is no shortage of uninformed opinion on the Internet regarding Data Security, this blog was formed to separate the snake-oil from the science.

  Please feel free to share your experiences as well as questions about Cryptography, Data Encryption, Full Disk Encryption, File and Folder Encryption, FIPS, Common Crtieria, DARTT, FDE, FFE, RSM and any other of the myriad of surrounding issues.