Hard drive encryption is the simplest and fastest way to increase security. It is great that Windows has a built-in drive encryption program, called BitLocker. This utility is available for Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has fixed a problem that sent affected Windows PCs scurrying into BitLocker recovery. The problem, which affected almost every supported flavor of Windows 11 and Windows 10, as well as ...

Let us see how to Turn On or Off BitLocker to encrypt or decrypt fixed and removable data drives in Windows 11/10. BitLocker To Go is BitLocker Drive Encryption on removable data drives. This includes ...

For the past many years, Microsoft has been putting effort into improving Windows 11’s security. With the latest Windows 11 version 24H2 update, Microsoft finally started enabling BitLocker aka Device ...

On Windows 11, BitLocker adds an extra layer of security with encryption to protect your device and files from unauthorized access. When using encryption, the feature scrambles the data on the drive ...

Some Windows machines boot up in BitLocker recovery mode since a recent security update. Microsoft is aware of it and is warning users. The culprit is the July 2024 Windows security update, KB5040442.

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 is investigating a bug triggering security alerts on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) processor after enabling BitLocker. BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts ...

A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. ShrinkLocker, named so because it creates the boot volume by shrinking ...