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- BitLocker
- The utility in Windows Vista that encrypts the contents of the hard disk. At startup, the drive must be unlocked by typing in a password or inserting a USB...
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ZDNet Resources
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakageSemantics..."while probable, [it’s] very unlikely"??? I think somebody needs to learn the definition of probable. Let's look, shall we? Per dictionary.com, Probable: "likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article."...
- Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, BitLocker password, BitLocker, attack, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage
- Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is "very unlikely." According to an advisory from iViZ, the password checking routine of Microsoft Bitlocker fails to sanitize...
- Tags: Password, Microsoft Corp., BitLocker, BIOS, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- EFS and BitLocker - Vista's crypto dynamic duo
- Here are two articles I released explaining the purpose of EFS Encrypted File System versus BitLocker in Windows Vista and a step-by-step guide on implementing Vista BitLocker full-volume encryption. You might be wondering why there are two different data encryption technologies in Vista and this will explain the differences....
- Tags: Security, Vista, Desktop
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Microsoft Identity and Access Solutions
- Microsoft offers a series of technologies that enable organizations to address information protection in the enterprise. These technologies include RMS Rights Management Services, EFS Encrypting File Systems, and Bit-locker (BitLockerTM Drive Encryption). Each performs different functions in the information security chain, yet all three technologies are complementary elements of information...
- Tags: Security, Digital Rights Management (DRM), BitLocker, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Identity, Microsoft Corp., File System, Microsoft Access
- White papers 2007-01-01
- BitLocker Drive Encryption: Value-Add Extensibility Options
- Unencrypted data that is stored on a hard disk can be accessed if the disk is mounted by another operating system. This can occur when a PC falls into unauthorized hands - if, for example, a laptop, desktop, or server machine is lost, stolen, or retired. To prevent this, the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Encryption, BitLocker, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Security, Software
- White papers 2006-05-16
- Microsoft cryptographer: There are no back doors into Vista
- By way of ZDNet reader Derek Flickinger comes VNUNet's Iain Thompson's report: A senior cryptographer working for Microsoft has vehemently denied that the firm is planning to compromise the encryption functionality incorporated in its forthcoming Vista operating system by adding a backdoor. Niels Ferguson, a Dutch cryptographic...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., BitLocker
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- BitLocker, TPM, and tinfoil hats
- A few weeks ago, the BBC News published a story that was literally true and hopelessly wrong. Under the headline UK holds Microsoft security talks, political reporter Ollie Stone-Lee wrote:UK officials are talking to Microsoft over fears the new version of Windows could make it harder for police to read...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
Additional Resources
- iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks
- Certain features of increasingly widespread enterprise smartphones may aid criminals in hiding incriminating evidence, says the UK's Serious Fraud Office. Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital-forensics expert has warned. The head of the UK's Serious...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Team, Mobile, Unit, Encryption, Keith Foggon, PC Architecture, Team Management, Smart Phones, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Nick Heath silicon.com, fraud, iPhone, security, Apple
- News items 2008-09-03
- News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...
- Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?
- Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?There are still issues...Network performance still needs work.File copy performance still needs work.The ghost town that is Ultimate Extra's needs to start giving us what we were promised and paid $100 extra for.I...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- I'm sticking with Windows XP
- I'm sticking with Windows XPWhat happened to the cries for increased security?Not saying they originated with you Jason but prior to Vistas release everyone was labelling XP a leaking sieve wrt to security. Full of holes which could not be patched but required a complete redesign. With the release of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Windows Embedded 'Quebec' due in 2010
- Although it hasn't said much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, Microsoft already is working on one. Microsoft released during the first week of June a new test build of its latest Windows XP-based embedded operating system, known as...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Windows Embedded, Quebec, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Australian Customs Guards Computers and National Borders With New Operating System
- The Australian Customs Service uses a range of sophisticated techniques to protect national borders. To back this up, it maintains about 5,800 computers, including 600 notebooks, at 93 locations. However, its IT department was struggling under the burden of maintaining its desktop infrastructure and was concerned about the security of...
- Tags: Operating System, Notebook Computer, Mobility, Borders Books & Music, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Free COFEE opens Microsoft BitLocker
- Free COFEE opens Microsoft BitLockerI........Think I'm going Chinese I think I'm going Chinese I really think so....It's an old jokeBiggest lies:The check is in the mail.This won't hurt a bit.I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.Microsoft Windows: data security.Really, now.How long before these things breed in the...
- Tags: Microsoft BitLocker, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Free COFEE opens Microsoft BitLocker
- Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company's own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista. PC World has an extensive article about Microsoft's COFEE -- Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor – which some 2,000 law enforcement...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computer, COFEE, Law Enforcement Agent, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"
- Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"What do you expect?From the loosers at ValleyWag and the rest of the SV echochamber?They're like Hillary Clinton. Screeching and screeching lies until people believe they are true.I was actually expecting a refutationAll you've really said is that law enforcement doesn't need a...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"
- Techdirt's Mike Masnick is usually pretty reliable, but he completely blew it today, hitting the publish button on one of the sloppiest, most inflammatory stories I've seen in a long time: Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police It's long been assumed that Microsoft has...
- Tags: Security, Password, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Encryption, USB, Tool, Computer, CrunchGear, USB Switchblade, Productivity, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"
- Yesterday I got word that Microsoft was releasing some more Ultimate Extras for Windows Ultimate users. Even without opening the email I just knew that these new extras would fall into one of two categories: Disappointing Mega-disappointing I wasn't wrong. They fall squarely...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Crazy sales video rocks out: 'Gotta get me some' Windows Vista
- Microsoft can't seem to catch a break, whether from Apple's latest ads targeting switchers, or in a crazy music video celebrating Vista SP1 that was done by Redmond's channel group. Jupiter Research Analyst Michael Gartenburg pointed to this video on YouTube called Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Object Management Group, Gartenberg, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Ensuring Your Data Is Secure With a Trusted Platform (Level 200)
- The focus of this webcast is on IT professionals and the SQL Server 2008 the Trusted Platform. The webcast looks at how Contoso's IT operations embraced the new and enhanced features to make sure that SQL Server 2008 was a trusted platform. The first two parts address security, which is...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-31
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