[ale] Letter of Volatility

[JD]

> On 01/29/2014 04:12 PM, Leam Hall wrote:
>> In general any storage device that enters an area for classified 
>> information cannot be removed intact. Even in non-classified 
>> environments some government agencies retain the ram, cmos, disk 
>> controller ram, hard drives, etc. Most of then are physically reduced 
>> beyond use.
> I dealt with DOD and DOE classified sites and vendors with classified data
> from activities on those sites.  That was pretty much the  rule.  
> If you brought in even a CDROM you couldn't take it out.  Cell phones,
> cameras, PDAs, pretty much anything with electronics didn't get out.  
> Watches were OK but I'll bet they aren't now.

Had to write code in a DoD secure environment.
No internet.
No phones.
No pagers.
No paper brought in or out.
Don't write anything down.
No books.

Leave everything with pockets outside the coding room.
It was tough, but that was the job.