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BitLocker

Overview

What is BitLocker?

Microsoft's BitLocker is an endpoint encryption option.

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Good encryption tool

8 out of 10
May 26, 2021
Incentivized
BitLocker Drive Encryption is being used to encrypt all laptop's hard drives in the company, keeping our data safe and giving us peace of …
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Pricing

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Windows 10 Home

$100.00

Cloud
One Time Fee

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is BitLocker?

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BitLocker Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft's BitLocker is an endpoint encryption option.

Seclore, Dell Data Protection Suite, and Sophos Central Device Encryption are common alternatives for BitLocker.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.

The most common users of BitLocker are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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November 19, 2019

Encryption is key

KD
Kaitlyn Delacruz
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Yokai Sakura Limited (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Using BitLocker Drive Encryption helps our company keep files encrypted and secure on our devices. It's easy to set up and configure and allows for it to be encrypted on all our devices and servers. The cost for it is built into the price of windows products and services and usable on consumer systems as well.
Pros
  • Drive encryption.
  • Added layer of security.
  • Ease of setup.
Likelihood to Recommend
Data encryption should always be a priority from home computers to work stations to be on the go. Keeping everything secure is more important than leaving the information insecure and visible for everyone.
Return on Investment
  • Keeping Data secure
  • Low to no cost as its included with licensing fees for windows
  • Improved Security
Support Rating
9
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.
Other Software Used
September 30, 2019

The best computer encryption product available today

Verified User
Supervisor in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using it across the whole organization. It has been implemented campus-wide, and each department is responsible for deploying/supporting Bitlocker for all its users. We are using it across our organization to fully protect desktops, especially in cases where users are accessing sensitive data. It addresses the business problems of how to protect computers in the best manner possible, in which the computers either store or access sensitive data (this could be either be local or across the network).
Pros and Cons
  • It is fairly easy to use, from both a technician and users point of view. The install itself is pretty simple, and setup of the software is also fairly simple. For users, it is easy to use the software to encrypt the computer.
  • It doesn't seem to use a whole lot of system resources when the encryption is enabled on the computer. You shouldn't experience any slowness of the computer, other than the time it takes to first encrypt the computer.
  • It serves its main purpose very well, and that is to protect computers from intrusions/data breaches. It is particularly good for protecting computers that are accessing/storing sensitive/confidential data.
  • Users need to make sure their computer can support encryption. There is a special TPM chip that is needed to be able to encrypt the computer, but most newer computers today should have this built-in.
  • There is some slowness of the computer with the encrypting/decrypting part of the software. This part can also take a long time to complete, depending on the size of the hard disk.
  • It is very important that the recovery key is never lost, or else the user may never be able to unlock their drive. Microsoft should look into maybe having a feature which would automatically upload the recovery key to the cloud (in a secure manner).
Likelihood to Recommend
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).
Return on Investment
  • The biggest positive impact it has on ROI is the cost savings, since there is no cost to using the software.
  • Since it's widely available to anyone with a Windows computer, and the program is built into the operating system, there is no need to really install anything. This helps to save time of the IT department having to do installs, and also keep track of licensing, etc.
Alternatives Considered
This was formerly called Symantec PGP encryption. We selected BitLocker since this is what the University has deployed and is currently supporting. BitLocker has many advantages over Symantec PGP, as BitLocker is built-into all Windows computers. With PGP, this was a commercial product that had to be installed on each machine. That product also was not as easy or intuitive to use as BitLocker, and there were also more issues/problems that occasionally occurred with PGP.
Support Rating
9
It has very good vendor support. Microsoft has a wealth of resources for the product, which includes knowledge base articles on their website, various other documentation resources, and training videos. They also offer phone support for users that would like to talk to a Microsoft support rep. I also think that this product has more industry support across more organizations/companies that other encryption products.
Other Software Used
September 19, 2019

Bitlocker is fine as it is, just not sure of real case scenario where it would actually matter.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is used across the whole organization.
Pros and Cons
  • 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.
Likelihood to Recommend
I am not sure I can think of a single real life scenario for end-user laptop, I mean BitLocker only triggers once the HDD is separated from the TPM chip and I am not convinced a thief would only steal the hard drive and not the computer.
Return on Investment
  • 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.
Alternatives Considered
I can't think of any alternative that I know of.
Support Rating
5
Not good nor bad, BitLocker encryption is a symptom of our era, we need to protect ourselves and our data, BitLocker is a tool, as an IT we have to deal with it but it doesn't bring any benefit to my daily operations.
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