A BitLocker recovery key is a 48-digit number that acts as a "spare key" to the lock protecting the contents of your computer ...

Allowing end users to use BitLocker encryption at will is a risky proposition. I strongly recommend storing BitLocker recovery passwords in Active Directory to avoid data loss as a result of lost ...

Have you ever experienced turning on your computer in the morning, only to be met not with your familiar desktop, but with a ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

When Microsoft introduced Windows Vista, one of its most anxiously anticipated features was its encryption capability called BitLocker. Many mistakenly refer to BitLocker as whole-disk encryption, but ...

A decision by Microsoft to supply BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI has drawn renewed attention to how encryption systems are designed - and whether storing keys in the cloud weakens their security.