I wrote about the BitLocker feature in Microsoft Windows Vista almost two years ago, when Vista had just been released. With Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft implemented a few enhancements to the ...

I wrote about the BitLocker feature in Microsoft Windows Vista almost two years ago, when Vista had just been released. With Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft implemented a few enhancements to the ...

There are several obvious, basic steps to securing a computer: Keep it current with the latest operating system and application updates; ensure you've installed the latest anti-spyware and anti-virus ...

Professional versions of Windows, such as Windows 11 Pro, include a storage encryption feature called BitLocker. A hardware-accelerated version of BitLocker that utilizes the SoC's encryption ...

BitLocker is Microsoft’s easy-to-use, proprietary encryption program for Windows that can encrypt your entire drive as well as help protect against unauthorized changes to your system such as firmware ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Roy, the unsympathetic technical support character in the cult ...

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 ...