12 tips on preventing social engineering attacks
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National Security authorities recommend hard disk encryption as an effective measure for protecting data on desktop clients and notebooks in a corporate environment. Many companies make use of BitLocker hard disk encryption provided by Microsoft. But what if you have forgotton your password when booting up or the hardware in the computer has been replaced and the system no longer starts?
If that is the case then the only thing that can help is the BitLocker recovery key. Without it you will not be able to access your data. DriveLock BitLocker Management has important additional security options, that can help without exposing the recovery key and risking a misuse of this key.
The BitLocker recovery key is a 48-digit numeric password related to a specific computer and is non-transferable. It is needed to unlock your computer if you or your administrator or the IT department has set up BitLocker hard disk encryption on your computer and it is required to unlock the hard disk – it is effectively the master key. In the event that the system cannot be unlocked during (pre-boot) authentication for various reasons, for example, when
The BitLocker recovery key should be securely stored or managed in a central location in organizations:
If a user forgets his BitLocker PIN, a Windows dialog box will appear after 3 failed attempts and ask for the user's recovery key.
In such a case, larger organizations usually require notifying an administrator who has permission to view the recovery key. The administrator can use Microsoft tools to display the key and send it to the user in encrypted form (e.g. by email to another device) or read it out over the phone. From a technical point of view, when a hard disk is encrypted with BitLocker, a so-called protector is created. The BitLocker recovery key is used to "unlock" this protector. If the user enters the recovery key, the protector is automatically unlocked and the hard drive is decrypted.
This recovery key is now known to the user and this is a security risk.
If an organization uses DriveLock BitLocker Management, in addition to centrally managing all security features in ONE management console, it has the following advantages that provide additional security:
When a company uses DriveLock's own Pre-Boot Authentication there are additional benefits if the password is lost or forgotton:
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