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 software giant, in an effort to help stem data losses and thefts that put PC users at risk, will offer a hard drive encryption tool with its Windows Vista operating system.

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 ...

Fix BitLocker error E_FVE_TPM_NOT_DETECTED, The booting system doesn't have or doesn't detect a TPM in Windows 11/10.

Although the idea of TPM is familiar, the practical reasons for having one aren't. With Windows 10 slowly descending six feet under, and a TPM requirement on Windows 11 that hasn't changed, it's time ...

Ordinarily, if you have an active MS Account login, your Bitlocker recovery keys are stored there. This attack, however, appears to use Bitlocker in a way that doesn't result in MS backing up the key.

News Analysis: Windows Vista's full-disk encryption solution is attracting much customer attention, but deployment isn't foolproof, advises a Gartner analyst.

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 ...

The security test lab of Fraunhofer SIT has published a technique for getting around Microsoft's BitLocker disk-encryption technology, even when BitLocker is used in connection with a hardware ...

BitLocker is an on-by-default setting in Windows 11 Pro that is meant to encrypt and protect your data. While that sounds all good and dandy, the setting now appears to rob as much as 45 percent ...

It's amazing how often IT departments don't understand that if people can't work then there is no point in computers or the mentioned IT department. I'm having constant battles with them over ...