Doomed to software failures... (Score 1)

There have been several major computer projects that started as Government mandates.
Few have produced significant results...

Introducing encryption between the kernel and the hardware disk subsystem is bound to create
unexpected and unintended problems with applications. It's doable but the matrix of testing required
and the feedback loop with developers/vendors would have to be strong and immediate.

Can you imagine trying to debug an application that interoperates with an encrypted file system and
the encryption techniques are a secret...

It's going to be a mess but most government driven IT projects are nightmares anyway. Of course, no one
close to the project will be able to disclose any details. So, tech novelists need to start creating
plausible scenarios right away. "Wargames III - the day the laptops froze" : PLOT: the US Government believes their
portable computers have been hacked... in the end they determine it was a encryption software bug that
surfaced once every N years. (N to be determined by the potential funding for Wargames IV).

I'm going to see if I can get some encrypted business cards. Data needs protection... from use.