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Australian Customs Service Secures PCs and National Borders With Windows Vista

whitepaper The mobility features of the new operating system will help mobile workers to access corporate applications securely, while Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption will help secure data stored on notebook computers.

Tags: stored, active directory, computers, notebook

[08 Feb 2007]

Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista

News He pitched BitLocker, a disk drive encryption feature in the higher-end version of Vista, as a way to lock down the data on a PC. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the...

Tags: windows vista, microsoft vista, vista, security

[07 Feb 2007]

Vista sales 'stronger than expected'

News However, he also noted that buying Ultimate is "the only way a small business can get their hands on one of the most compelling features of the new operating system: the new BitLocker security feature that fully encrypts an OS volume, similar in...

Tags: windows vista, vista, microsoft

[12 Jan 2007]

Windows Vista BitLocker Client Platform Requirements

whitepaper This paper describes the functional requirements that components on a Microsoft Windows Vista-capable Host Platform must meet to enable the Microsoft BitLocker feature of Windows Vista to run on that platform and provide a good user experience.

Tags: windows vista, components, vista, microsoft windows vista

[19 Dec 2006]

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Executive Overview

whitepaper This paper provides an introduction to BitLocker Drive Encryption; an exciting new data protection feature available in Microsoft Windows Vista that addresses a growing concern: the theft or unwanted disclosure of data made available through...

Tags: security management, microsoft windows vista, bitlocker, bitlocker drive encryption

[05 Dec 2006]

$10bn Vista launch is Microsoft's biggest ever

News The council is using Vista's BitLocker technology, which encrypts data on the hard drive, to secure laptops so that personal information cannot be accessed if they are lost. Windows Vista is the biggest product launch Microsoft has ever held for...

Tags: windows vista, vista

[30 Nov 2006]

Leader: Why Vista's going to be a hard sell

Leader Businesses will no doubt be reassured by features such as BitLocker, which encrypts data on the hard drive, anti-spyware tools and access and authentication controls. From Longhorn to Vista, the journey has been a long one for Microsoft but today...

Tags: windows vista, vista

[30 Nov 2006]

Windows Vista: Start planning now

News Frank Foxall, MD of Windows migration specialist Camwood, said the mobile access, search and Bitlocker encryption features will prove to be the reasons companies upgrade, but warned that compatibility with existing applications will be the main...

Tags: windows vista, microsoft

[29 Nov 2006]

Windows Vista Bitlocker: Boon or Bust?

whitepaper A controversial new Vista feature called Bitlocker sounds simple enough. Combined with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip on a PC's motherboard, Bitlocker encrypts an entire hard drive. But there are fears that Bitlocker will be used by...

Tags: security management, bitlocker, stored, vista

[22 Nov 2006]

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Value-Add Extensibility Options

whitepaper To prevent this, the new Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption feature of Microsoft Windows Vista allows the entire Microsoft Windows volume and all system and stored user data to be encrypted. BitLocker enhances data protection by bringing together...

Tags: security management, microsoft windows, encryption, windows vista

[21 Nov 2006]

BitLocker Drive Encryption

whitepaper BitLocker Drive Encryption, available in Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate, and Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" operating systems, is a data-protection feature. BitLocker addresses the very real threats of...

Tags: security management, vista, encryption, operating system

[21 Nov 2006]

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Technical Overview

whitepaper This paper provides a brief technical overview of Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption, a new data-protection feature in Microsoft Windows Vista. Its offers insight into the feature's life cycle for advanced users and IT administrators who want to...

Tags: security management, data protection, protection, microsoft windows vista

[21 Nov 2006]

Q&A: Microsoft UK MD Gordon Frazer

Comment We also see massive improvements in security because BitLocker enables you to encrypt the contents of your hard-drive. Microsoft's new UK MD, Gordon Frazer, has been in his role for just over three months after relocating from South Africa, where...

Tags: gordon frazer, microsoft

[03 Nov 2006]

AES-CBC + Elephant Diffuser: A Disk Encryption Algorithm for Windows Vista

whitepaper The Bitlocker Drive Encryption feature of Windows Vista poses an interesting set of security and performance requirements on the encryption algorithm used for the disk data. This paper discusses why no existing cipher satisfies the requirements of...

Tags: encryption, windows vista, algorithm, vista

[31 Oct 2006]

Seagate to padlock mobile data

News Additionally, high-end editions of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system include an encryption feature called BitLocker. Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology has provided more details on encryption technology designed to make life...

Tags: seagate, data breach, encryption, hard drive

[31 Oct 2006]

CIO Jury: Mobile device as security risk

News Richard Steel, head of ICT at the London Borough of Newham, said: "Technologies like BitLocker [the drive encryption feature in Microsoft's forthcoming Vista release] are key as we increasingly deploy mobile devices for sensitive business...

Tags: cio jury

[02 Oct 2006]

Redmond refreshes Longhorn Server build

News Known problems include issues with BitLocker encryption when a system wakes from hibernation, and incompatibility with the Subsystem for Unix-Based Applications. Microsoft has released a refresh to Longhorn Server Beta 2, which appeared in May...

Tags: longhorn server, microsoft

[14 Sep 2006]

Avoid Vista until 2008, business users told

News However, the BitLocker disk encryption feature and tools to manage devices such as USB keys will work only for some, he said in an interview. New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate anti-spyware or...

Tags: windows onecare, vista, windows, microsoft

[08 May 2006]

Vista will safeguard HD disposal, says Microsoft

News Microsoft claims businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. Nick McGrath, head of platform strategy for Microsoft UK at Infosecurity...

Tags: bitlocker, windows vista, vista, encryption

[26 Apr 2006]

Windows Vista Beta 2 BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide

whitepaper This paper provides the instructions you need to use BitLocker Drive Encryption in a test environment. BitLocker Drive Encryption is the final feature release name for the project previously referred to as Secure Startup - Full Volume Encryption.

Tags: encryption, name, bitlocker drive encryption, volume

[07 Mar 2006]

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