IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension.

There's nothing worse than realizing your external hard drive has been lost or stolen, when it contains sensitive personal or ...

By default, Windows 11 will encrypt all the fixed drives on your PC using BitLocker when you first connect them, and this applies to newly-created partitions, too.

The BitLocker encryption built into higher-end versions of Windows Vista goes a long way toward locking out intruders at the boot-drive level, but it's neither 100% hassle-free nor 100% secure.

Right-click the drive and choose Manage BitLocker from the menu (or search for the BitLocker Drive Encryption utility from the Windows 8 UI as described earlier), and you’ll be able to change ...

Once you re-enable BitLocker, the drive will now be encrypted using BitLocker’s software encryption. As with the previous step, this can take a while depending on the drive’s size, ...

If the drive doesn’t have hardware self-encryption (or you’re using Win7 or 8.1), BitLocker implements software encryption, which is less efficient, but still enforces password protection.

New to Windows, albeit in the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Vista only, is BitLocker drive encryption technology. Using either a TPM module, or a USB key, it allows you to completely encrypt ...

If you are concerned about your data, you can use BitLocker or another encryption tool to secure the destination drive before backing up. Alternatively, instead of backing up a full system image ...

To paraphrase Fox Mulder, trust no self-encrypting SSD. As of the latest Windows 10 update, Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption tool that’s built into Pro and Enterprise versions will no longer ...