Sentences with phrase «disk encryption key»

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No unencrypted key is ever stored to disk unless you choose not to set a spending password / encryption.

But writing the unencrypted key to disk before encryption unnecessarily exposed the private key to the device storage, which can be compromised by malware.

The first was full - disk encryption programs including Microsoft BitLocker, Apple FileVault, PGPdisk and TrueCrypt that typically create an encrypted volume on a computer's hard drive or encrypt the entire hard drive using a key derived from a password typed in as part of the start - up process.

That's better than not using any encryption at all, and it's better than simply storing the encryption keys on the disk, as Microsoft's EFS (Encrypting File System) does.

Enable BitLocker disk encryption and Windows will use a TPM to store the encryption key.

So, if you're using BitLocker encryption or device encryption on a computer with the TPM, part of the key is stored in the TPM itself, rather than just on the disk.