Introduction to BitLocker: Protecting Your System Disk

BitLocker is Microsoft’s implementation of full-disk encryption that is built into many versions of Windows. At the same time, BitLocker encryption is not available by default on desktops if you are using the Home edition of Windows 10. Activating BitLocker on your system disk can be tricky and may not work right away even if your Windows edition supports it. In this article, we are offering an introduction to BitLocker encryption. We’ll detail the types of threats BitLocker can effectively protect your data against, and the type of threats against which BitLocker is useless. Finally, we’ll describe how to activate BitLocker on systems that don’t meet Microsoft’s hardware requirements, and evaluate whether it’s worth it or not security-wise.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/01/introduction-to-bitlocker-protecting-your-system-disk/

By Oleg Afonin

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