Windows 7 Insights

BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 7

Don’t fall prey to data theft or get exposed on computers that are lost or stolen with a new feature called BitLocket drive encryption in Windows 7.

Problem:

In the absence of this feature you also face threat from drives such as USB and external storage drives.

Solution:

When you use this tool to encrypt the system drive, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 can be used by BitLocket to validate that the…

Data Recovery Agents with BitLocker

You can use data recovery agent accounts in order to decrypt BitLocker drive encryption.

Problem:

A user must add the data recovery agent, who is a certified person capable of decryption a protected drive, to Public Key Policies\BitLocker Drive Encryption in either the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) or the Local Group Policy Editor.

Solution:

A data recovery agent can be configured for a drive and you must also enable and configure the unique identifiers…

Windows 7: Strong security enhancements

Security features in an operating system is still the top concern for IT professionals. Therefore, it is quite natural that questions regarding what Microsoft has done with the Windows 7 system abound.

Windows 7 draws heavily on the security foundations of Vista – the most secure version of the Windows client to date – while enhancing auditing and the User Account Control experience. AppLocker in the newest operating system helps IT control what…

How to protect data on a removable device in Windows 7?

Is it possible to encrypt  data on removable device in Windows 7?