Microsoft is trying to put an end to the long running trade off between full disk encryption and fast solid state storage by ...

Microsoft is making significant enhancements to a core Windows 11 security feature, bringing performance improvements of up ...

The next generation of BitLocker, Microsoft’s encryption feature in Windows, will require next-generation Windows devices that are built on unannounced chips. “Hardware acceleration of BitLock ...

What to do: Users should have their BitLocker recovery keys ready before installing the October security update for Windows 10 and 11. If the update triggers the security feature and users cannot ...

BitLocker Drive Encryption is a powerful tool for safeguarding your Windows 11 data. But what happens when crucial updates or hardware changes demand a temporary pause in this robust protection?

A new research paper by Google Quantum AI researcher Craig Gidney shows that breaking widely used RSA encryption may require 20 times fewer quantum resources than previously believed. The finding did ...

Quantum computers could crack a common data encryption technique once they have a million qubits, or quantum bits. While this is still well beyond the capabilities of existing quantum computers, this ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

The spotlight on encrypted apps is also a reminder of the complex debate pitting government interests against individual liberties. Governments desire to monitor everyday communications for law ...

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 ...