BitLocker Drive Encryption vs. Proton Mail

It is well suited especially for users that access or store sensitive/confidential data on their computers. In the case of where users are accessing confidential data over the network, it is highly recommended to use Bitlocker to encrypt the computer. In the case where users are storing confidential data on their computer, it should be a requirement that BitLocker is used/enabled. It would be less appropriate if someone was using a computer and they were not dealing with any sensitive data, or in cases where the computer is used for recreational purposes (browsing the web, playing games, etc).

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Good if you like privacy and not having your data mined for advertizing and AI training.

• Encrypts the entire drive and provides a high level of security.
• In an Active Directory environment, you can set up BitLocker to automatically save keys to AD.
• As part of Windows, no additional licensing costs.
• Set up and configuration is relatively easy.
• Uses TPM module to increase security.

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• Secure encrypted email hosting
• Connection with Outlook works well
• Works well on all platforms: web, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS
• Low monthly cost for email plus all the associated apps

• Encryption is not resumed after being suspended sometimes
• Sometimes it take a long time to encrypt a disk
• Encrypting secondary drives can be tricky

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• Exporting email (which I like to do for archiving) is awkward and slow.
• Proton Mail Bridge (which allows access from other email readers like Outlook) sometimes has synchronization issues. Lately these just resolve themselves.

Mostly intuitive and easy to use. A bit harder if you stick with two passwords (one for the account and one for the encryption).

I give it a nine because encryption always leaves room for improvement, and it must change as security threats evolve and improve, and having an ever-evolving system is essential.

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BitLocker Drive Encryption solution offering is cheaper than the one that McAfee offers, it will help you with specific business concerns like "how many encrypted assets do I have?" it's easy to maintain, easy to deploy, and easy to track. It's best suited for companies that are not trying to go far away on the disk encryption matter

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Proton had a wider offering of products like vpn and drive. I ended up paying for a yearly subscription, I liked it so much.

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• It allowed us to move to whole drive encryption without much effort
• Integrated in Windows Enterprise, so free
• With the right recovery key, it is really easy for IT to recover the data, backup or reset the user's password.

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• Easy to link with my business domain and email.