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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.

Surface, BitLocker, and the future of encryption It's always going to add complexity but that doesn't mean it can't be usable Written by Mary Branscombe, Contributor Dec. 24, 2013 at 12:53 a.m. PT ...

It's not necessary to re-encrypt the disk due to the way BitLocker (and most other full disk encryption systems) works. BitLocker uses a fast symmetric algorithm (by default 128-bit AES in XTS ...

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

BitLocker, Microsoft's disk encryption tool, could be trivially bypassed prior to last week's patches, according to recent security research. The feature, baked into Windows Vista and later, ...

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 can be defeated with trivial Windows authentication bypass. news. Nov 13, 2015 4 mins. Data and Information Security Security. ... Microsoft’s full-disk encryption ...

A deep dive into Microsoft's BitLocker full-disk encryption technology was posted by Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept on Thursday. According to Lee's piece, the main concerns of the security ...

If you want encryption and don’t meet those requirements, your next best bet is BitLocker. It’s got less-stringent hardware requirements, though it works best if your computer includes a TPM.

Microsoft dismissed recently-disclosed threats to its BitLocker disk-encryption technology as "relatively low risk," noting that attackers not only need physical access to a targeted PC but they ...