There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, ...

More speed and more security – after its discontinuation in 2019, Windows encryption will soon rely on crypto hardware ...

Microsoft has started rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker capabilities in Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 ...

Microsoft will soon start "accelerating" input/output (I/O) operations for BitLocker-encrypted volumes on PC systems with ...

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 ...

Companies relying on Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt the drives of their employees’ computers should install the latest Windows patches immediately. A researcher disclosed a trivial Windows ...

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 ...

Overview: Windows PCs can be securely encrypted without BitLocker using powerful third-party tools and built-in EFS ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has admitted that turning on BitLocker on PCs with NVMe SSDs can have a noticeable performance impact.

BitLocker is a hard drive encryption feature available in Windows Pro and Enterprise editions. After locking your hard drive partition with BitLocker, you can unlock it using the BitLocker key. In ...