Microsoft, Check Point and McAfee provide three whole-disk encryption options; we examine each and choose the best of the bunch. Data is increasingly mobile. More and more, laptops outnumber deskbound ...

When Microsoft announced that Windows Vista was going to be available in multiple editions, curiosity turned toward the higher-end versions of Vista targeted at corporate environments (Vista ...

Losing your USB flash drive before a big presentation is a terrible way to start a Monday. Losing a drive that also contains valuable personal data or confidential company information will ruin your ...

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From as early as Windows Vista, Microsoft's operating systems started shipping with an important security feature called BitLocker. It's a feature designed to protect sensitive data and information ...

We have talked about the BitLocker feature, where we’ve mentioned the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool. This tool is currently not available for download on Windows 11/10/Server. However, if you still ...

It doesn’t matter what your primary way of interacting with the digital world looks like, one thing that’s consistently on everyone’s mind is security. Your private information should be private. You ...

The BitLocker encryption method and Cipher strength you set as default is only applied when you turn on BitLocker for a drive. Any changes you make will not affect a drive already encrypted by ...

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 assume ...

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe ...

Reacting to a recently discovered security hole in hardware-based encryption in solid state drives, Microsoft recommends that if you’re using BitLocker to protect a solid-state drive, you switch from ...

Sadly, I believe my notebook has bit the dust. That said, I have two more ideas but I am not optimistic. So, thinking ahead, what I would like to do is crack out the m2 drive in the notebook (easy, I ...