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Microsoft's BitLocker is an endpoint encryption option.
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Microsoft's BitLocker is an endpoint encryption option.
Seclore, Dell Data Protection Suite, and Sophos Central Device Encryption are common alternatives for BitLocker.
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The most common users of BitLocker are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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BitLocker Drive Encryption is being used as the global standard solution for Drive Encryption, it's deployed across the organization to fulfill regulatory needs in terms of Data Protection. It's intended to Protect Data from stolen and lost assets and it's helping Risk Information Security Officers to reduce the gap in terms of Threats
- Agent Initialization
- Robust Disk Encryption Algorithms
- Reporting on Compliance
- Encryption key Management
- OS Compatibility
- Console Management
- Drive Encryption Algorithms
- TPM Chip Integration
- Centralized Encryption Key Management
- Risk Management Reduction
- Lost or Stolen Device Handling
- Data Protection Improvements
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
September 19, 2019
Bitlocker is fine as it is, just not sure of real case scenario where it would actually matter.
It is used across the whole organization.
- Encrypt the hard drive seamlessly
- Protect data to be extracted from the hard drive once out of the computer
- Bitlocker should be paired with a proper backup solution, if no backup, data is gone for ever when the drive has an issue.
- Bitlocker mainly works if the encrypted drive is pulled out of the computer, it is useless when paired with the computer. I mean if someone stills the computer, the hard drive will be inside so the the real life scenario of someone stealing the drive but not the computer is very unlikely to happen.
- End-users having issue with his drive, we need to recover the data, bitlocker is only making things more difficult. End-user endup loosing all its data.
I can't think of any alternative that I know of.
In this world with an increased need for data security and all the compliance initiatives, data and drive encryption has become a necessity. We use BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) on any Windows server that contains any personally identifiable information (PII), or sensitive personal information (SPI) or Protected health information (PHI). It has become a standard part of our security policy. BitLocker can only be used to encrypt the entire drive in a Windows product and not specific folders. If you see a folder option to encrypt contents to secure data, that is Encrypting File System (EFS) not BitLocker. We also use BitLocker on laptops to protect and secure information in the case of loss or theft.
- 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.
- There is a read/write impact on performance, but the protection is well worth the minor performance hit.
- Protects against data loss and theft, which can be very expensive if PII, SPI, PHI is involved. Fines for this type of loss can be very high, along with the costs of notification, and discovery.
- Cost is included in Windows O/S, without needing additional licensing costs.
Previously used TrueCrypt until vulnerabilities were discovered. Overall performance improved when going from TrueCrypt to BitLocker.
January 24, 2018
Best whole disk encryption for Windows
We use it across our whole organization to encrypt all internal drives on our employees' computers. The main problem it addresses is stolen or forgotten computers. With Bitlocker we don't have to worry about credentials or confidential information getting stolen when a computer is stolen or forgotten somewhere. It also saves us some work as we don't have to reset all the credentials and access of the user when this occurs. In addition, it gives our users the peace of mind if they have to leave their computer in a car or in an hotel room for a day. And finally, with whole drive encryption, you don't have to count on your users to put the sensitive information in the encrypted container.
- Practically no impact on read performance and low impact on write performance compared to others.
- Integrated into Windows/no additional cost
- Easy deployment
- Whole drive encryption
- Uses hardware chip to offer better security
- Even if it's the best we tested, I think write performance could be improved. Maybe with dedicated hardware inside the TPM?
- No integration with OS password is a shame as most others have it and it is Microsoft on Microsoft so they can probably do it better then anyone else and safer.
- I wish they would support multiple passwords like FileVault on macOS. If it's a shared computer, you have to give the only password to Bitlocker to both users.
- 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.
- McAfee drive encryption and Symantec Drive Encryption
Most other whole drive encryption tools are really not that easy to manage and come with big performance when compared to Bitlocker. Also, a lot of them don't use TPM which in my opinion gives you better protection.
As for Truecrypt which was what we were using before, it is not whole drive encryption and because of that you have to count on your users to manage sensitive data correctly and you are bound to have at least one user put sensitive data on a non-encrypted partition.
Self-encrypting disks are expensive and hard to manage but will give you practically no performance [issues]. If performance is what you need at any cost this is probably the solution.
As for Truecrypt which was what we were using before, it is not whole drive encryption and because of that you have to count on your users to manage sensitive data correctly and you are bound to have at least one user put sensitive data on a non-encrypted partition.
Self-encrypting disks are expensive and hard to manage but will give you practically no performance [issues]. If performance is what you need at any cost this is probably the solution.
January 16, 2018
Best options for Windows
As you know, data security is very important. You do not want your personal data to be stolen, the company must also protect its data. The computers we use are of great value, and could fall prey to thieves. Since it is difficult to physically protect the hardware from being stolen, it is very important to encrypt the data.
With the combination of Bitlocker, TPM and user/password, it is much harder for a thief to recover the data on the disk. Together with LAPS, Bitlocker is a must! Don't forget to backup your data.
- Part of Windows Pro and + licensing.
- Very easy to deploy and maintain.
- Embedded in the software, and Windows patching.
- Well known
- Cannot Dualboot (disaster)
- Should be integrated in AD out of the box (MBAM)
- Add 2FA (with RSA/Authenticator?) out-of the box
- If you ever had a laptop stolen, you know that the ROI is instant!
- Licenses are part of Windows, and the effort minimal
- It's a must!
There is not much alternative to Bitlocker, you may want to try self-encrypted disk, but for a business perspective, it is not as easy as Bitlocker to manage. Self-encrypted may be faster, but recovering data for a system administrator is a disaster.
There was more alternative before, but Bitlocker now dominate the market.
There was more alternative before, but Bitlocker now dominate the market.