October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1760 pages
93h 25m
English
BitLocker is not a replacement for the EFS introduced in Windows 2000, but it is a supplement to the EFS that ensures that the operating system itself is protected from attack. Best practices for protecting sensitive computers and data will combine the two features to provide a high level of assurance of the data integrity on the system.
EFS continues to be an important data-integrity tool in Windows 7. EFS allows the encryption of entire volumes or individual folders and files and can support multiple users using the same computer, each with protected data. Additionally, EFS allows multiple users to have secure access to sensitive data while protecting the data against unauthorized viewing or modification. EFS cannot be ...