Tom's Hardware has found that the default software-based BitLocker encryption (XTS-AES 128, where XTX stands for XEX Tweakable Block Cipher with Ciphertext Stealing and AES is Advanced Encryption ...

I recently decided it was time to retire TrueCrypt which I still used under Windows 10 with Full Drive Encryption (Works okay mostly, legacy boot only, needs to be disabled for each major update).

If you're running Windows 11 Pro, you could be costing your SSD almost 50 percent of its performance and speed. According to extensive tests run by the fine folks at Tom's Hardware, Windows 11's ...

Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company’s own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista. PC World has an extensive article ...

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 ...

Microsoft is making significant enhancements to a core Windows 11 security feature, bringing performance improvements of up to 70%. BitLocker is a fairly important security feature in Windows that you ...

Microsoft is trying to put an end to the long running trade off between full disk encryption and fast solid state storage by shifting BitLocker’s heaviest work into dedicated silicon. Instead of ...

In Microsoft’s words, Windows 11 “enables security by design”—and I love to see that deliberate focus on protection from ever-increasing threats. The less we all have to worry about our sensitive ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...