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BitLocker Drive Encryption: Technical Overview

Overview This paper provides a brief technical overview of Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption, a new data-protection feature in Microsoft Windows Vista. Its offers insight into the feature's life cycle for advanced users and IT administrators who want to learn what BitLocker is and how it addresses a growing data protection issue: the unwanted disclosure of confidential information such as through physical loss or theft of a computer.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	May 2006	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

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