4. Save to a Microsoft Account. If you are logged in to your Windows 11 PC using your Microsoft account, BitLocker can save recovery keys to your Microsoft account in the cloud. By choosing the “Save ...

Microsoft has added new BitLocker encryption guides on its official website. These are meant to explain to users what BitLocker does and how to recover and/or back up the necessary BitLocker keys.

If you opted not to store your BitLocker key in an Microsoft account, ... the rationale all points back to Microsoft’s decision to lock down security for all Windows 11 users for their own good.

Microsoft is making it easier and more secure to sign into a Microsoft Account today. The software giant is now supporting standards-based FIDO2 security key devices to allow anyone to sign into ...

It may be true that Microsoft has the decryption keys to your encrypted hard disk if you bought a PC with Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 preinstalled, if it supports device encryption (we still come ...

Set up & use Security Key for your Microsoft Account Before registering a security key, you must have at least one additional security verification method registered. Also, make sure that your ...

Bitlocker encryption uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip that sits on the motherboard and contains an encryption key. According to Microsoft Technical Security Advisor Steve Lamb, the key ...

A patch to fix the patch that caused admins to scamper for their recovery keys Microsoft has fixed a problem that sent affected Windows PCs scurrying into BitLocker recovery.… The problem, which ...

Microsoft BitLocker is a fine volume encryption tool only marred by unnecessarily complex hardware and software requirements. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or ...

As CIS Security benchmarks indicate, “System sleep states (S1-S3) keep power to the RAM which may contain secrets, such as the BitLocker volume encryption key.

Bitlocker encryption uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip that sits on the motherboard and contains an encryption key. According to Microsoft technical security advisor Steve Lamb, the key ...