8.1. Disk-Level Security with BitLocker
You can protect your data on your disks by using New Technology File System (NTFS) and/or BitLocker Drive Encryption. NTFS permissions were covered in Chapter 6, but for some systems, you may want better protection.
BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker for short) is relatively new. It is available in Windows Vista (Ultimate and Enterprise editions) and Windows Server 2008. (If you learned about BitLocker in Windows Vista, you'll be happy to know that the same knowledge applies to all editions of Windows Server 2008.)
The primary purpose of BitLocker is to prevent the loss of data on a hard drive in case the entire computer is lost or stolen. Admittedly, it's not as common to lose a server as it is to ...
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