Question: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? Answer: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. ...

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.

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BitLocker stores the data encryption key in a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a secure hardware component that performs cryptographic operations.

To secure the data, BitLocker uses an AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption algorithm with a 128-bit key plus a data-mixing algorithmic function (known as an Elephant diffuser) for disk ...

BitLocker encryption has been around in some form or another since the launch of Windows Vista. It is an effective means of protecting data, but can be a major headache to manage—especially for ...

BitLocker is one of Microsoft’s latest attempts to keep your data safe. A hard drive encryption scheme, when activated, everything on your drive becomes unreadable to anyone that doesn’t have ...

In Windows 7 (and, I think, 8.x and at least earlier releases of 10) Bitlocker could only be enabled in Pro, Ultimate, and Enterprise. It might have existed within the codebase of Home, but was ...

BitLocker is not necessarily bad, but it could be a big change for Windows users who are not used to encrypted storage. Your data could be lost if you lose your encryption key or attempt to move ...

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 ...

In the editor, go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption. Under Fixed Data drives, double-click on “Configure use of hardware ...