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 ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

Question: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? Answer: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those ...

The Control Panel is still necessary for many system-critical features that are not available in the new Settings app. Remove ...

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 ...

In the upcoming 24H2 update, Microsoft introduced BitLocker encryption as a default feature for Windows 11, ensuring automatic data security on new and clean installations. Previously restricted by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bad computer security can sometimes have a cascading effect, as researchers from the Netherlands discovered. They first spotted vulnerabilities in the embedded encryption of several SSD models from ...

Security researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered a flaw in several manufacturers’ solid state hard drive firmware that can be exploited to read data from self-encrypting ...