Have you ever had the experience of suddenly seeing a screen that says "Enter the BitLocker recovery key" while using your ...

A BitLocker recovery key is a 48-digit number that acts as a "spare key" to the lock protecting the contents of your computer ...

Another Windows update, another glitch. Rolling out this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft's July update has created a hiccup for some Windows users who secure their PCs through BitLocker. Affecting ...

Microsoft confirms FBI can access BitLocker keys via valid legal orders Cloud accounts store unencrypted keys, enabling law enforcement access; local accounts avoid this risk Senator Wyden criticizes ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

Allowing end users to use BitLocker encryption at will is a risky proposition. I strongly recommend storing BitLocker recovery passwords in Active Directory to avoid data loss as a result of lost ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...