Microsoft has quietly changed the default functionality of its Bitlocker encryption system to only use a drive's hardware encryption capabilities ... bar the application of a Group Policy ...

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

BitLocker, an encryption program from Microsoft, offers data protection for the whole disk in an efficient method that is easy to implement, seamless to the user, and can be managed by systems admins.

When we think about encryption for a Microsoft-based network, what generally first springs to mind is BitLocker, Microsoft’s native fixed-drive encryption software.But that highlights a tendency ...

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 ...

Given that most people barely touch their settings, much less bother to think about encryption, this means Windows 11 isn’t providing seamless defense against bad actors to everyone. That ...

In Windows 10 Build 18317, a change noted by Tero Alhonen flips the way Bitlocker's encryption GPO operates: Where previously leaving the setting unconfigured would default to using hardware-based ...