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 ...

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 ...

Enterprises with many Windows devices might struggle to know which have BitLocker enabled or where to find BitLocker recovery keys. These techniques can help. A recent Microsoft Support knowledgebase ...

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 ...

BitLocker security software, created by Microsoft, is based on a next-generation secure computing architecture. It is encrypted for all devices, whether portable or non-portable, to prevent ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Data encryption makes it nearly impossible for someone to access a protected file without the proper decryption key or password. Many apps use encryption to keep your data safe, including password ...

New to Windows, albeit in the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Vista only, is BitLocker drive encryption technology. Using either a TPM module, or a USB key, it allows you to completely encrypt the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While the release of Windows Vista was plagued with burden and its legacy was remembered as such, ...

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 ...