Item: BitLocker Drive Encryption
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

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.

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.

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.

Key Insights

Do you think BitLocker Drive Encryption delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with BitLocker Drive Encryption's feature set?

Yes

Did BitLocker Drive Encryption live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of BitLocker Drive Encryption go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy BitLocker Drive Encryption again?

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.

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

Overall Satisfaction with BitLocker Drive Encryption